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What a day! We went to Arches National Park today and did some hikes in the snow. First, we walked up to the upper viewpoint of Delicate Arch. It was a bit more difficult due to the icy patches on the trail, but doable. We didn't dare to hike up to the arch itself, though.
We made it to Moab, yay! Some few snow showers on the the pass, but excellent weather here in Moab.
It was snowing again when we woke up. Though it got a bit better after an hour, it remained foggy.
When I woke up this morning it was snowing. Just lightly, and it stopped snowing eventually, but it remained quite cloudy during the first half of the day. I forgot to print out the route description to Toadstool Hoodoos, so we ditched that. We skipped Antelope Canyon as well, as it is quite pointless to visit on a cloudy day. Instead, we went shopping at Walmart and filled up propane and gas. In the meantime the sun came through and only few clouds remained, but it was a bit too late for Antelope Canyon now. Well, maybe next time.
Grand Canyon! What a wonderful sight!
The campground in 29 Palms supposedly has free wireless, but at least while we were there the AP showed up only sporadicly. Thus, no access to the Internet until now. Here's a wrap-up of the previous days:
We got up early, picked up the RV at El Monte in Dublin, did groceries and returned the rental car. Afterwards, we spent two hours in Monterey and drove down the CA-1. Unfortunately, not spectacular sunset this year due to clouds on the horizon, but a very impressive starry sky. Highway one is a bit tricky to drive with such a large rig (a 34 ft bus style RV,) but I love driving that road even at night.
Watched several SIGs again while my parents went to the mall and Home Depot for some more browsing... David Barclay gave another great lecture on puppeteering and showed some very valuable tricks and a cool animatronic costume head: