/ 30.06.2014 Our last day at the beautiful Arches National Park. After our standard oat-meal and bread breakfast we made our way out. Passing by the stream of incoming visitors we had a quick stop at Moab (enough water and ice for the desert) and hit the road south on the interstate 191 from Moab to Monticello. On the junction with the county road 133 we drove west until the Needles Overlook. There you have an overview which is hard to describe. You see until the horizon and have absolutely no height or width to relate. Below your feet it falls 1800 feet and have a formation of multiple layers of rock. Somewhere in there is the Colorado River flowing. Spending a few moments at this impressive place and a long talk with an elder Dutch couple we looked for a shadow place to have lunch. We ended up at the Visitor Center of Blanding. Not long after we set tent at the Goosenecks State Park. Unbelievable hot and very dry winds, as I have never experienced before. Around 40 Degree Celsius (103 Degree Fahrenheit). We camped right on the cliff to the San Juan River, a place which gives a constant dose of adrenaline in the fear of falling down (as the wind and the heat give you a dizzy walk). We left our tents and enjoyed the sunrise at the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. Again a place hard to describe (excuse me for the rare descriptions, but the red rocks get redder and the heat stronger). At nine in the evening it was finally cold enough to have dinner, a steak as usual.
/* Needles Overlook */
/* Valley of the San Juan River */
/* Tent on the cliff */
/* On the left the tent of my parents and right mine */
/* Mexican Hat */
/* Way to Monument Valley */
/* One But */
/* dramatic sunset */