10.27 Mesa Arch and journey to Blanding, UT
Looking from Mesa Arch into the canyon, a personal favorite—it 'don't' get better, pardner After the challenging Gooseberry hike, we set off to cross the Mesa Arch. We found this bridge about three years before—we liked it. This time our editor, who hung back on the last occasion, took it in her stride. On the one side, the fall is twenty feet onto hard rock. However, on the other side of the arch, the drop is a little more, a further 1,500 feet to the canyon floor. By that time, whether the floor is hard rock or soft sand, it is academic to one’s health. My angel crosses Mesa Arch, a bridge to nowhwere but personal growth A view through the arch The view from the bridge into the canyon is spectacular. The photographs, we think, attest to this. The La Salle Mountain Range Sunset on Highway 191 We left Canyonlands for Blanding after spending four nights in Moab. This park is about thirty-five miles from Moab which in turn is five miles from Arches. Unfor...