It's SOOO amazing! We didn't walk the rim of the volcano or see the pup fish. We spent quite a bit of time at the sand dunes, playing, and hiked part of Mosaic Canyon right down the road from the dunes. Artist Drive was spectacular, and we went during sunset which made it that much more awesome. Another one of my favorite spots was 20 Mule Team Canyon, which I was surprised to not see listed on any of the national park's lists of must sees there. I personally thought that was jaw dropping beauty. I really need a full week in the park, what we did was basically a sampling of it just hitting some of the major tourist areas. Pretty much the story of this whole trip. I'm not saying that's a negative, I'm so so blessed to be able to see and do so much, and we're certainly taking advantage of every second, but like you always say Tom, it's a big country and 10 months is such a short amount of time. I literally keep an ongoing list of top places I want to return and further explore. Death Valley being right at the top of the list.
Another area that made that list is the Page Arizona area with Horseshoe Bend and the Wave. I would love to be able to fit that in, but it just isn't going to happen this time around. And it isn't in that immediate area, but Canyon de Chelley which is one area I was most looking forward to and had to miss. I think I need to move to Utah for a year!
