Dead Horse Point State Park

On Dec. 6 we drove to check out Dead Horse Point State Park.  The first couple of photos are just along highway 191 as we head northwest out of Moab:

This is along route 313, after we turned southwest to head to the park:

Here I think we have turned left again off the main road (but it's still called 313) and we are heading towards the park:

I won't post a million photos here, because this is the reason you go, the spectacular view of the Colorado River from Dead Horse Point overlook:

We did a little hike on the rim trail, most of the views are pretty much the same, but here is a close up of the steps of cliffs under the rim to the west:

This is looking southeast from another point on the rim trail:

Here is a close up of some rocks down in the canyon that are said to look like a horse.  The Point is named after real dead horses though.  In the 1800's the peninsula was used to corral wild mustangs as it has a narrow neck and didn't need much fencing to keep them in.  One time the cowboys didn't come back for the horses, and they died of thirst.

We spent a couple of hours here, but then headed back down the road as we have another park to see.  Next up, Canyonlands National Park.