Another Fall Road Trip

With a few weeks between commitments at home, we took an opportunity to hit the road and visit our kids in New Mexico and Colorado ... and do a bit of exploring while we were at it. Leaving behind the rainy, fall weather in Seattle, we gladly cruised for two days through the vast, sunny expanses of Eastern Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah. While not seeing too much of specific interest, it seemed the fall harvest was in full swing. In south-eastern Washington, we passed some sort of transfer station with a line of double dump trucks overflowing with potatoes!

On the third day, we paused our trek for a half a day in Moab to stretch our legs a bit on a modest hike to Corona and Pinto Arches. These are not in Arches National Park, but instead are a beautiful, 10 mile drive along the Colorado River from the main highway. The hike was invigorating, and uncrowded. Besides the massive arches, we also spent a few minutes watching a small raptor (hawk?) and a raven apparently playing at aerial combat above the cliffs. The odd thing was, it was the raptor who seemed to be chasing the larger raven ... in Seattle, we're used to seeing an army of crows chasing the larger eagles around. Kind of role reversal, but they seemed to be having quite some fun!