Canyonlands - Afternoon

 After the Gooseberry hike in the AM it was time to do some slow easy walks. 

Green River viewpoint area:

Upheavel Dome. They think this was a meteor strike. It is a strange one:

Whale Rock:

Shafer road view point:

You can see the Shafer road in this picture:

Petroglyphs on the Canyonlands access road:

Made it back to Fruita:

Gooseberry Trail - Canyonlands

 This is a steep one! One of those trails where you are looking off a cliff area and wonder how the trail will get you down. This trail starts at the top of Canyonlands and goes down to the valley floor. This is actually just one level of valley. The trail follows a wash for about 1.5 miles to White Road where you are on the edge of another canyon that goes down another thousand feet. Interesting trail and the first and last mile are tough. There are also a few exposed areas where you need to pay attention. A lot of the steep part is loose rock. Great views the whole time.

This is looking back up the trail:

Another picture looking up at the trail:

At the White Road and the edge of the second level of canyons: