Island in the Sky

(EDIT: I messed up and put up some posts in the wrong order. (Either that or the time-travelling experiment worked.) This post belongs in the afternoon after visiting Arches but the day before visiting The Needles.)

On the afternoon after Arches we headed over to the nearby Island in the Sky, located in Canyonlands National Park. Having never heard of this one we weren't sure what to expect but thought it would be a pleasant way to spend the afternoon before heading back to- HOLY MACARONI, ISLANDS IN THE SKY IS AMAZEBALLS!!!

This attraction is well-named, as you really do feel like you are on a floating island high above a deserted moonscape. A lack of safety rails became a problem, though:

Seriously though, we both preferred this park to the Grand Canyon. We're not sure if this was because we had never heard of this one or if the Grand Canyon just has better publicity, but the views here took our breath away:

Tomorrow we were going to skip The Needles in Canyonlands but now we are rethinking our plans...

(July 2, 2013)