Our first a.m. Stop in Moab was Arches National Park. The park is famous for its infinite arches created by millions of years of erosion. The park is difficult to describe so I will leave it to our photos (these will be posted soon).
After we spent a few hours at Arches, we drove right through Utah and stayed in Ely, Nevada. Ely, similar to old Vegas with retro motels and casinos flashing at you to visit. For dinner we walked into a bar lounge which seemed promising. The bar tender and owner excitedly welcomed us and we knew we had made the right decision. The barbeque pizza we devoured was delicious. We chatted to the bar tender, a California native who wanted to move to the most remote place he could find, hence Ely. We also spoke to an older man seated next to us, who comes to Ely every so often to volunteer on the steem train. It was an interesting night!
The next morning we drove through more desert. Once I saw the border on the GPS, I slowed down. As we inched closer, Steve took a snap of the welcome to California sign. It was so exciting to finally be here!
The road became twisty and windy like we were used to, but with bumps added. It was as if we were driving on a camel's back, up and down and up and down for quite a while. We both felt pretty queesy.
We arrived at our first stop of the day, Yosemite. This was one of our favorite national parks, not only because it was hot and sunny, but because it is truely amazing. You see miles of granite rock and redwood trees. We hiked to a waterfall and stopped in awe at El Capitan, a 3,000 foot high flat granite rock. We could see some brave people climbing it! Because we didn't have the proper hiking gear, we opted not to do any of the strenuous hikes, which we have to save for the future. This park certainly deserves mutiple visits.
That night we stayed in Merced, which had a familiar California feel to it. We couldn't waitfor the next day in San Fran!
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