Red Stone

Yesterday we decided to have a "resting day" today and not make journey forward from Moab. Moab has enough things to see and do to warrant two nights' stay, and we saved a day yesterday when we decided to skip Salt Lake City.

We started the morning early and went to see Arches National Park before the heat got too bad. Still it was warm enough :). There we had an opportunity to hike a bit, which was welcomed change from just sitting in the car! Even though we did only short and easy hikes, the thin air made us loose our breath.

After that, it was past noon and we decided to have a little R&R in our motel's pool area. Where we stayed for full 5 minutes and left again to see new stuff!

In the afternoon we saw Hole n' the rock, which was pretty strange (google it to see what it's about) and some amazing scenery again in Canyon Rim recreational area.

The most amazing picnic table spot I've ever seen was in there, at the Needles Lookout. Really empty, distance spot (not actually inside the National Park and probably that's why not so known, but the scenery was breathtaking. No point of taking pictures, they will never tell it all.

Total number of miles (during the resting day...): 245
Distance made good: 0
Car comment of the day: for the first time we washed the front part of the car. It was caked with insects. Leyla suggested we wouldn't wash it for the whole period of the trip to keep as a trophy of sorts, but we decided against it for aesthetic reasons.