Today we met our new bus driver Jerry from Texas and our new
bus which does have a lot more leg room. Off we went to the Canyonlands National
Park. There we visited Island in the Sky,
Grande View and the Dead Horse Canyon Point Overlook.
The blue ponds are the result of pumping water underground to push up potassium
chloride. It then is in evaporation
ponds to form potash which is used in fertilizer. Here it is a state park
rather than a national park as commercial activity is permitted.
From here we can see the Colorado River which
will flow through the Grand Canyon. We also travelled near where they filmed
Thelma and Louise.
On our return the bus
dropped 6 of us off at a fossil place which was amazing in range and price. Luckily it was only a 15
minute walk back to the hotel.
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