It's beautiful, but the petroglyphs on the boulders there reminded us that people used to live here too, not just come here to visit. I can imagine that it looked even better to see it then, with people living there in harmony with their surroundings.
We also took a Sunday to hike the 15 mile round trip up to Rattlesnake Arches in the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness near Grand Junction. The arches were really beautiful. This one is called First Arch (the first of several in a row along the rim of Rattlesnake Canyon). We climbed up through this to complete a loop. It's a steep climb, especially for us since we don't really like heights. You might be able to see three of the Moki steps that are chipped into the rock in a vertical row at the lower left of the photo, just above the trees.
So many arches - we lost count! Really beautiful.
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