Moab, Utah Part 3

On April 16th, we hiked the Corona Arch Trail, which is about 3 miles long, round trip. Since it is a Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) trail, Barkley was allowed to come with us. (Dogs are not allowed on National Park trails.) Hiking the last 1/4 mile or so to the arches requires climbing toe-holds cut into a nearly vertical rock wall and then climbing a ladder. We couldn't get Barkley up these obstacles, so Bill completed the trail and showed us the arch pictures when he got back to the base of the offending climbs.










Bow Tie Arch:


Corona Arch:




April 17th Negro Bill Canyon Trail, another BLM trail, follows a creek . . . water! The desert is beautiful, but being sandblasted and having no shade or water in sight gets tiresome. This trail was for us!




Pretty little lavender flowers we wish we could identify!


Some type of Prickly Pear Cactus:


Mahonia:


We had to cross the creek nine times altogether. Notice Barkley right behind Bill:


Barkley was scared at first, but he eventually crossed each time on his own: