10-8-2016 Canyonlands National Park, Utah

We visited the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park, a mesa that has been carved into fantastic canyons and buttes by the Colorado and Green Rivers and their tributaries.

The White Rim Road goes below the mesa top and follows the white edge of some of the deepest canyons.  Adventurous bicyclists and off-road vehicle drivers can travel this 100-mile road that begins with these terror-inducing switchbacks and hogbacks.

 

  

We hiked along the mesa top and saw more spectacular canyon views.

Everywhere we go in the parks we find young people enjoying photo ops, and making their elders very nervous.

The mesa.