I went to Arches, as I had been instructed to. I liked it, it was spectacular. Crazy how those rocks can stand the way they do. They reminded me of the Roman Forum in how small I felt next to them, and how some things will crumble with time and still leave a beautiful and majestic structure. And some of them reminded me of the balconies in the Alhambra of Granada, where a beautiful window frames a yet more beautiful landscape.
It's all about associations...
Bueno, este viaje ha terminado, por lo menos por lo que se refiere a parques nacionales.
Fui al parque de "Arches", como me habian dicho. Me gusto mucho, espectacular. Hay unas rocas muy chulas como suspendidas en el aire. Me recordaban al Foro Romano en como me senti tan pequenya a su lado, y como algunas cosas se derrumban con el tiempo y aun dejan una estructura preciosa. Y algunas de estas estructuras, al ser una ventana preciosa rodeando un paisaje aun mas precioso, me recordaban a la Alhambra.
A balcony (like in la Alhambra) Balcon (como en la Alhambra)
Cool evening sky, the La Sale Mountains (sp?) in the back Atardecer chulisimo en las montanyas de la Sal.
Indiana Jones. Seriously! No?
Cool rocks. Rocas chulisimas
Balconies. Balcones.On the other side of things, I did get lost in my silly 7-mile hike. They put these pile of rocks on the trail and I lost them a couple of times (I think I am just spoiled from all the other trails I have followed in this trip, which are impossible to miss). The first time I got lost, the wind started picking up and I got sand stuck to my skin thanks to the sunscreen. I was looking for tracks for maybe 15 minutes, and got just a little bit nervous. I thought of taking one of those survival classes...The second time, I just didn't believe that they would have me walk on top of a rock fin. A "rock fin." I tried it for a bit, and the wind almost blew me over. Well, I thought it did. I am sure it was not that bad and that my fear of heights has more to do with it. So I just couldn't believe that this was really the trail. But I teamed up with another hiker, and we figured out, slowly and steadly, the way back. And we circumvented the stupid rock fin.
Por otra parte, me perdi en my caminata de 11 km. Marcan el sendero con unas montanyitas de rocas, y las perdi un par de veces (probablemente porque estoy acostumbrada a todos los otros senderos por los que he ido andando, en los q es casi imposible perderse). La primera vez que me perdi, se empezo a levantar una ventolera combinada con arena q se me pego bien con tanta proteccion solar. Me pase un cuarto de hora buscando el sendero, y me puse un pelin nerviosa. Creo q voy a apuntarme a una clase de esas de supervivencia...La segunda vez, es que no me creia q quisieran q andara por encima de una "aleta de roca." Ua aleta de roca! Lo intente, pero el viento casi me tira. Bueno, esto seguro q es una exageracion, y mas q todo fue el vertigo. Al final, me acople a un hombre q se ve q tenia mas idea q yo y entre los dos, lentos y seguros, encontramos el camino de vuelta. Y dandole un rodeo a la puta aleta de roca.
So Arches was cool, but Cannyonlands, another national park just north of it, was even cooler. I went there in the morning, and there was NOBODY there, it was absolutely fantastic. Me, the cannyons, and the green river. Quite an experience. Not that I hate people, but there is solace and serenity in solitude...
El parque de Arches fue chulo, pero otro parque, Cannyonlands fue incluso mas chulo. Fui muy temprano por la manyana, y no habia NADIE. Fantastico. Yo, los canyones, y el Rio Verde (no es conya, asi se llama). Una experiencia extraordinaria. No es q odie a la gente, pero hay paz y serenidad en la solitud...
The only car in the park. AWESOME. El unico coche en el parque. GUAY.
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