Colorado, Utah and the Arches

Driving through colorado was beautiful. Our car is FANTASTIC, oh just you wait till you scroll down and see it! We drove thill dusk and then roughed it sleeping in the car to save our $. The next morning we ate a giant breakfast and headed towards Arches National Park, Utah. The scenery is like something in Tintin - or history books, you could literally take a million photographs. Jonathan has also introduced me to the 'no auto' rule of photography (partly cuz his auto setting is messed up) which means that we both constantly use manual exposure settings. Certainly gets your brain working - and also impossible to see the results when the sun is so bright. You have to trust yourself that you got it nailed.

Oh and by the way - this blog tends to bland the photos a bit when compressing them so we will hopefully find a way to present the full size colourful versions to you. For our families we are planning a BBQ presentation afternoon - we have video clips as well yano!

Arches was a thrill! Every turn was stunning and we wanted to just keep on stopping! We did a moderate primitive hike (by accident - we didn't realise how far we were going) and drank about 12 bottles of water. I now have an attractive horizon

tal line across my forehead from getting sunburnt whilst wearing a bandana. Oh dear.

We rolled the car roof back and sat on the tops of the seats to watch the sun go down - so beautiful. Then watched he full moon rise - it was huge and orange. Next was a hunt for a bed for the night, we were almost giving up when we found a 'Rustic Inn' which was amazing considering our budget.

Tomorrow is Canyonlands and then on to some greenery and horse riding.

Meez xX