Day 5-Bridges, Monuments, Four Corners

Yesterday, we saw a heck of a lot more rocks! It is amazing to me how many different ways there are to make rocks look cool. Every single one is different than the one before and gorgeous in its own way! We went to Bridges National Park and did four different hikes. They weren't too long, but they were pretty steep (500 feet elevation change in a half mile). But, it was well worth the hike when we got there! (Actually, the hard part was getting back up!)

We ate a picnic in a place called Gooseneck park. I bet you can figure where it got its name. It actually arches back one more time than you can see in this picture.

After bridges we went to Monument Valley, which was very different again from the other places we have been. This is a picture of the road that Forrest Gump ran on in the movie when he just kept running, so we took a picture of the road with the monuments in the background.

The next stop was the Four Corners. This was our first time in New Mexico and Colorado. It was a total tourist trap place on a Reservation. Let's just say we took our pictures, used the Honeybucket, and was out of there in about 5 minutes! For this, they charged $3 per person. You would think they could have put in a couple toilets for that.

We then drove a couple hours to our hotel in Cortez, CO and the kids swam in the pool.