Aerial View of the Green River in Canyonlands National Park

An aerial view of the Green River flowing through Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

Last night my original plan was to get outside and take advantage of one of the few clear, night skies we’ve had here recently. Unfortunately, I came down with an odd bit of nausea and dizziness that kept me indoors. It was gone later that night but by then I was ready for bed. While resting up, I began looking back through some old photos I have of Canyonlands National Park to help me get inspired for an upcoming trip I have in the southwest in a couple of months. After going through these photos and looking up some information, I’m halfway tempted to spend an entire week just in Canyonlands. However I’ve already decided to spend one week getting to Phoenix, Arizona and one week coming back. The route in between will only be decided when each day comes. I stressed myself out way too much getting from one place to another for specific times on the last road trip and intend to take this one much slower and get much more out of it. If you’ve never traveled this way, I highly recommend you start. If Google Maps says it takes something like 16 hours to drive from where you are to your next destination, give yourself at least four days to get there and see how much more fun you have getting there and you’ll see where the expression "Getting there is half the fun" actually comes from.

This image itself is an aerial view of the Green River as it winds through Canyonlands National Park outside of Moab, Utah. I got this shot on an aerial tour of Canyonlands back in the fall of 2007. In looking back at all the aerial shots I have I don’t even think a month would suffice to cover all the ground I want to see in Canyonlands. I’ll just have to get back there more often!

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