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The Boy rose earlier and decided to break their fast at the IHG free breakfast based on the utter lack of dining options in Green River, hitting the road, the morning sky had a smoky tinge from a fire the started in Colorado!
A Red Sky Morning, a Fire's Warning!
On the morning of July 10, 2025, lightning strikes ignited wildfires on the South Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, the smoke from that intense blaze was drifting 3 hours west (191 miles!) and smoking out the Canyonlands National Park ! For the hour it took the Boys to drive from Green River to the Canyonlands, smoke drifted over the bland desert highway, until!! The return of that awesome red rock!
A Return of the Red Rock in the Canyonlands!!!
Canyonlands National Park preserves a colorful landscape that has been eroded into numerous canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River and Green River. Legislation creating the park was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on September 12, 1964.
The park is divided into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the combined rivers—the Green and Colorado—which carved two large canyons into the Colorado Plateau. While these areas share a primitive desert atmosphere, each retains its own character. Author Edward Abbey, a frequent visitor, described the Canyonlands as "the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth—there is nothing else like it anywhere."
Mike and Bone, agree it is breathtaking, especially since there was not a lot of oxygen due to the smoke!!!
A Dramatic, but Smoky View of the Vast Park below!
Mike and Bone, agree it is breathtaking, especially since there was not a lot of oxygen due to the smoke!!!
A Mike and Bone in front of one of the many cool Arches in Canyonlands!
A Dramatic, but Smoky View of the Vast Park below!
Hooray!! Back in Ouray!
