Reflections of My Travel

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We got up at daylight this morning so that we could get to Arches National Park in plenty of time to see it and still make it into Colorado as far as possible. The morning started with 109 miles of Randal’s favorite stretch of road. He was right; it was breathtaking. Every time you crested a hill, a whole new view was waiting on the other side. I think we stopped at every scenic view area. It was a very nice buildup for Arches. What a beautiful area! We tried to see everything we could in the park. We missed a few arches because the hike was too long and we were running out of daylight, but what we did see was just incredible. We then took a scenic byway to get back to the interstate – equally beautiful. It amazes me that there are so many things out here to see that I have never even heard of before. We made it to Fruita, CO just after dark, and not wanting to miss the Colorado mountains, we got a hotel and intend to start the real drive home tomorrow.