Canyonlands National Park

This morning the sun shone beautifully and illuminated Canyonlands National Park as we left the Visitor's Center bound for the Islands in the Sky highlights.  We drove all the way to the end of that road to do a moderate hike to see vistas from two directions.  The views were spectacular, much different than Arches, our yesterday park.  We could see that the sky was getting dark in the distance.  J and K walked on ahead while N and P did some Raven watching and photographing.  It began to get quite dark, so we turned around.  Soon we heard J and K calling to us as they hurried back on the trail.  Cudos to them.  They made it allllllllllllll the way to the end of the trail.  Just as we reached the truck, the heavens opened and the rains came down.  The folks here in Utah, are thrilled as they get an average of 8 inches of rain per year.  We are laughing at the fact that they were blessed with a couple of them the only day we have to see Canyonlands National Park!  
We returned to Moab and lunched at Moab Diner!  J is particularly fond of the Food Network Program, "Drive Ins, Diners, and Dives!"  So he thought a trip to Moab Diner was in order.....even though it has not been featured on the show!
Diner food for all.  It was a fun time.  See the pic of J and K :)
The guys found out about some petroglyphs nearby in the Potash area.  The sun was shining again and we were off!  Well we found the spot where they were supposed to be visible!  Rain, rain, go away!  Come again after we're gone!
Wasn't to be.  So we drove back to the campground and settled in.

You know what happens when the sun shines on rain?  RAINBOW  oh my ....RAINBOW.  We enjoyed a lovely double rainbow.  Thank you God, for blessing us with your unending promises of love and care.