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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - Today was mostly travel from Phoenix to Moab over some wonderful country - but sparsely populated. Up early for an 8-hour journey - Virginia Ann made lunch so I would not have to stop on the way.

Traveling from Phoenix to Moab I thought I would eat lunch in Monument Valley. Unfortunately the park was closed due to Covid-19 and the impact to the Navajo Nation. Unable to enter the park I pulled over to the side of the road to eat on the back of my pickup.

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This was the view for lunch. The big rock formation is called Sitting Hen - as it looks like a sitting hen. It was not the trip through Monument Valley I was looking forward to but the vistas were still pretty from the road.
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By the time I reached Moab I did not have a lot of time before dark - I wanted to catch Mesa Arch at sunrise so I headed out to Canyonlands to Mesa Arch to check it out in daylight.

Mesa Arch faces to the east toward the La Sal mountains. The arch is a small way from the parking lot over an uneven path and rock. I walked it a few times to ensure I could follow it in the dark. Also moved around the arch to determine where I wanted to set up for sunrise. This is the view I liked.
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I visited a few of the Canyonlands lookouts on the way back to the hotel. The views were pretty - much like the Grand Canyon but smaller - since it was the Colorado River at the bottom of the valley it made sense. The Colorado is warming for the work on the Grand Canyon.
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