Moab - Day 3, Part 3

This is the last picture from the Upheaval Dome before we headed back to the car.  At this point, my ankle was definitely feeling the multiple days of hiking in a row and I was fairly close to my limit so I was pretty much thinking I was done for the day.

Gage, however, was hoping to get one more hike in...which was awesome.  We decided on Whale Rock which is basically this giant slab of sandstone that you just walk up one side and end up on top.  The two little rice looking things on top are actually Gavin and Gage standing together up there.  It was about 30 minutes each way, but I think they were happy to have gone but very tired from the day's adventures once getting back.

Not to be short changed, we had to hit the giant sand hill that's across from Arches National Park alongside the road before returning for our last night of sleep in our AirBnb.  This giant slope is a huge sand pit that sits at about 30% of incline.  It looks like its a popular place for running up, getting sand to cover your entire body and then running as fast as you can down while trying not to bail.

The kids had so much fun here and could have spent many hours if we had let them.  Eventually, though, we needed to head back for some dinner and to start getting packed up so we could leave in the morning.  We also knew it was time to leave as the sand throwing went from fun and playful to angry and heated.

Once back at the place, we had to write a nice message in the AirBnB's guest book.  These guys drew this nice picture of our trip and adventures.  What great artists we have!  Though this was a somewhat short trip, I love getting on the road and exploring all the amazing places we have in and around Colorado.  I think this was a much needed trip for us in a year that didn't have a lot of freedom and traveling in it due to all the COVID issues.  I hope we can get back here sometime and maybe even bring the bikes to do some riding!