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southwest road trip - day 4 - moab to page
Still in Arches National Park, we headed to the Balanced Rock picnic area to refuel our bodies. Balanced Rock stands 128ft (39m) tall, the harder rock of the "head" being balanced on the narrower "neck" that is made of a layer of softer, more easily eroded rock. The cars in the foreground give some idea of the size of the rock. If you look closely you'll also see one of the Window arches in the distance to the left of the rock and the snow-tipped La Sal mountains in the background. Everywhere you look in this park there is something to see!
After lunch, it was time for one more picture of our foursome, before getting into our cars for the long 270 mile (435km) drive to Page in northern Arizona. 
Along the way we passed the small town of Mexican Hat on the San Juan River, named after this curious rock outcrop. The "hat" on the top is 60ft wide.
As we neared the Utah/Arizona border we drove past Monument Valley. The "valley" lies within the 26,000 sq miles of the Navajo Nation, a semi-autonomous homeland for the Navajo Indians. The mesa's and buttes of Monument Valley are a familiar sight to anyone who is a fan of Westerns.
Along the road there are numerous craft stalls where local Navajo Indians sell their jewellry, pottery, paintings, weaving and other hand-crafts.
Still in Arches National Park, we headed to the Balanced Rock picnic area to refuel our bodies. Balanced Rock stands 128ft (39m) tall, the harder rock of the "head" being balanced on the narrower "neck" that is made of a layer of softer, more easily eroded rock. The cars in the foreground give some idea of the size of the rock. If you look closely you'll also see one of the Window arches in the distance to the left of the rock and the snow-tipped La Sal mountains in the background. Everywhere you look in this park there is something to see!
After lunch, it was time for one more picture of our foursome, before getting into our cars for the long 270 mile (435km) drive to Page in northern Arizona. 
Along the way we passed the small town of Mexican Hat on the San Juan River, named after this curious rock outcrop. The "hat" on the top is 60ft wide.
As we neared the Utah/Arizona border we drove past Monument Valley. The "valley" lies within the 26,000 sq miles of the Navajo Nation, a semi-autonomous homeland for the Navajo Indians. The mesa's and buttes of Monument Valley are a familiar sight to anyone who is a fan of Westerns.
Along the road there are numerous craft stalls where local Navajo Indians sell their jewellry, pottery, paintings, weaving and other hand-crafts.
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