The snow has pretty well gone and the sky is clear blue and we are going for a hike. The Fiery Furnace is a area deep in the Arches NP that is a maze of fins and canyons. You can only go there with a ranger as a guide, and sign up days beforehand. We met Ranger Carrie at the trailhead to begin a 3 hour hike through this confusing but spectacular area. Our hike involved some real manuevers - narrow ledges, squirming through skinny defiles in the rock, scooting between two rock walls with butt on one side and feet on the other and making your way with feet on each wall - and at the end was "Surprise Arch"! Spectacular! There were so many wonderful things to see and Carrie explained a lot of geology, biology and nature lore that we learned as well as had a good time. What a great day!!!
Tomorrow, we drive south to the Four Corners area - the only place where four states meet - Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Then we turn east and plan to explore the northwest corner of New Mexico - Santa Fe - the Jemez Trail and the Turquoise Trails. We'll take a couple of days to do this and then take I-40 east as we begin our journey home. I don't know when we will have wifi again but will continue this blog when I can
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