ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder Today I wanted to shot the sunrise at Canyonlands Mesa Arch. According my GPS the sunrise was at 6:02 Utah Mountain time. At 4.00 am my alarm clock waked me out of my dreams. At 4:17 I was on the road towards Canyonlands N.P., a 1h drive from my Motel. ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder From the trailhead it was a 15 minutes walk to the Mesa arch. At 5.30 around 6 photographers were waiting for the sunrise.After this fascinating event I shot some photos at Canyonlands N.P. main Viewpoint and then I drove around 20 miles east to the Dead Horse State Park for some fotos of the Colorado River overlook.ngg_shortcode_2_placeholder I then decided to have some fun with my rental car and drive back to Moab via the Shafer Trail and Potash Road.This is a rough dirtroad with bumps, ruts, drop-offs and lot of dust. ngg_shortcode_3_placeholder Instead of 1h along the regular roads this drive took me 3h but was good fun.Back in Moab I began my transfer to my next basecamp: Page, Arizona at the Lake Powell. ngg_shortcode_4_placeholder Here I plan to stay four nights and continue to visit the Grand Staircase Escalante Nationalparks Southern Part. The drive itself was long and unspecacular. I liked the small town of Monticello and of course the Monument Valley were I stopped only short. I arrived in Page at around 6pm. It was not too easy to find a Motel, cause I learned this weekend is Memorial Day. <\/p>\n