May 13-15
A new da
y and on to new sights; Canyonlands and Arches National Parks were next on Olivia’s agenda. But first we stopped in the town of Blanding. Poppie and Gram wanted to stop at a museum that was full of old (7
00-1200AD) things that were really old and many of the things were broken. They were part of a Puebloan village (a small town). Gram just kept taking pictures and I just kept looking for a Dairy Queen. I don’t think that village had one.
In hope
s of finding a Dairy Queen we continued on through Canyonlands with beautiful red spires on both sides of the road. We arrived at our camp location north of Moab and Arch
es. I didn’t see any Dairy Queen but I did make a new friend, Otis. He loved to go on motor cycle rides with his family. Otis did like to play a little rough so Gra
m took me home. While Otis was out for a ride Poppie took us to a place called Dead Horse Point in Canyonlands. It loo
ks like the Grand Canyon! I enjoyed making my own friends-a wild turkey, ravens and a mountain sh
eep made by 
an artist from Friday Harbor. It was so beautiful and we didn’t see any dead horses or any Dairy Queens!
Arches
National Park is near Moab. It is a great place for hiking biking and four-wheeling. The RV Park we stayed in was full of bikes and ATV’s. Poppie said his truck had four wheels so we went for a drive. I didn’t want to tell Poppie but our wheels didn’t look like the ones I saw, but I didn’t want to spoil Poppies fun so I just pretended that we looked like them.
We did go on some hikes d
uring our stay. One of the hikes was to a place called Delicate Arches. It took several hours but it was so worth it. The arch was beautiful and the view was breath taking. While we were there we met and group o students from the Colorado School of Mines on a field study for two weeks. They had a lot of information to share with us. We also met two ladies from Lynnwood, small world isn’t it? While they were busy visiting I was making some friends of my own. (The sculpture artist was from Friday Harbor).
The welcome centers continued to be such great resource and Arches was no exception. We were given additional information for hiking, sightseeing and rock art in the area. One rock art site was described as turning right at McDonalds. I found that very entertaining but Poppie continued with these directions until we were on a narrow dirt road with the ATV’s. Gram gets so excited during the search while Poppie worries about finding a why to turn around
. We found a one-hundred foot wall of rock art. In fact there was a couple studying the area. He was a 
physics instructor at Colorado School of Mines. His wife was in Archeology at U of C. so they were a great match. He had invented an instrument that measured the magnesiamoxide built-up over time d
ating the time on the inscriptions. She pointed one out rock art that dated back to 500AD. (Po
ppie and Gram were all ears). Needless to say I got a board with this conversation, but Poppie and Gram said it was a highlight of the trip. To me old is old and I think Jackson's pictures on the frig in the trailer are much better. The people told Poppie where he could turn the truck around after we saw one more piece of rock art on down the road, so I say, what’s one more picture. We drove even further down the road. I think he was looking for a Dairy Queen too. He’s my man!
A new da
y and on to new sights; Canyonlands and Arches National Parks were next on Olivia’s agenda. But first we stopped in the town of Blanding. Poppie and Gram wanted to stop at a museum that was full of old (7
00-1200AD) things that were really old and many of the things were broken. They were part of a Puebloan village (a small town). Gram just kept taking pictures and I just kept looking for a Dairy Queen. I don’t think that village had one.In hope
s of finding a Dairy Queen we continued on through Canyonlands with beautiful red spires on both sides of the road. We arrived at our camp location north of Moab and Arch
es. I didn’t see any Dairy Queen but I did make a new friend, Otis. He loved to go on motor cycle rides with his family. Otis did like to play a little rough so Gra
m took me home. While Otis was out for a ride Poppie took us to a place called Dead Horse Point in Canyonlands. It loo
ks like the Grand Canyon! I enjoyed making my own friends-a wild turkey, ravens and a mountain sh
eep made by 
an artist from Friday Harbor. It was so beautiful and we didn’t see any dead horses or any Dairy Queens!Arches
National Park is near Moab. It is a great place for hiking biking and four-wheeling. The RV Park we stayed in was full of bikes and ATV’s. Poppie said his truck had four wheels so we went for a drive. I didn’t want to tell Poppie but our wheels didn’t look like the ones I saw, but I didn’t want to spoil Poppies fun so I just pretended that we looked like them.We did go on some hikes d
uring our stay. One of the hikes was to a place called Delicate Arches. It took several hours but it was so worth it. The arch was beautiful and the view was breath taking. While we were there we met and group o students from the Colorado School of Mines on a field study for two weeks. They had a lot of information to share with us. We also met two ladies from Lynnwood, small world isn’t it? While they were busy visiting I was making some friends of my own. (The sculpture artist was from Friday Harbor).The welcome centers continued to be such great resource and Arches was no exception. We were given additional information for hiking, sightseeing and rock art in the area. One rock art site was described as turning right at McDonalds. I found that very entertaining but Poppie continued with these directions until we were on a narrow dirt road with the ATV’s. Gram gets so excited during the search while Poppie worries about finding a why to turn around
. We found a one-hundred foot wall of rock art. In fact there was a couple studying the area. He was a 
physics instructor at Colorado School of Mines. His wife was in Archeology at U of C. so they were a great match. He had invented an instrument that measured the magnesiamoxide built-up over time d
ating the time on the inscriptions. She pointed one out rock art that dated back to 500AD. (Po
ppie and Gram were all ears). Needless to say I got a board with this conversation, but Poppie and Gram said it was a highlight of the trip. To me old is old and I think Jackson's pictures on the frig in the trailer are much better. The people told Poppie where he could turn the truck around after we saw one more piece of rock art on down the road, so I say, what’s one more picture. We drove even further down the road. I think he was looking for a Dairy Queen too. He’s my man!Good-bye for now-Olivia
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