Goblin Valley

March 15-After grabbing some breakfast we left Moab with great reluctance. We were allready making plans for a return trip.
 One thing to remember if you decide to make this trip in the off season is that in the towns such as Moab, most of the restaraunts and businesses are open but when you get out to the smaller towns along the way most of the businesses are closed in the off season. I would recommend stopping for fuel and  to eat when you have the chance as you dont want to get stranded with the large distances in between the larger towns. The flip side to that is the temperatures are cooler and the crowds are smaller
. We followed highway 191 north and took the Dead Horse Point overlook turnoff. After a short drive we got to the overlook that sits over the Colorado river. Another amazing view from a place with a dark history. As the story goes. Cowboys would drive wild horses up to this point that was fenced off at the overlook point as there was no way for the horses to escape.  The point recieved its name after a group of horses was driven to the point where they were coralled and then left. They died from lack of food and water.
 After taking some pictures and looking around we headed north again on highway 191 to our next stop Goblin Valley.
The trip to Goblin Valley took about three hours from the time we left Dead Horse Point. I had never been to Goblin Valley but I had always wanted to see it. When we got there I was not disappointed. The area is covered in thousands of sandstone formations that leave you with the feeling that you are on an alien planet. The formations are so interesting, I could see why I had been told that the evenings here could play tricks on your senses with the shadows created by all the strange formations.
When we got there it was cloud covered and the wind was beginning to blow. It was blowing sand around and creating a small sand storm but that did not stop us from getting out and hiking around for some camera shots and investigating this amazing landscape. After spending several hours exploring this lunar landscape we headed out for our next stop Capitol Reef National Park.