Dead Horse Point

The hike here is decent. It is pretty easy – or at least the part that we did was. I found it similar to the rim trail at the Grand Canyon. The views were really nice and the rock layers were more spectacular here than most places we have seen. The variation of color from the canyon floor to the top walls was awesome with their oranges, browns, black and when the sun hit just right yellow. The manager was rude to us about our reservations even though they were in the wrong. He wanted to know how I knew that our spot had been given away considering we were not there. I thought this was a horrible response. And anyway the ranger told us so that is how we knew. His name is Lee and he is not very helpful. So, I think this place is pretty cool but I do not really recommend it. The legend behind this place is pretty cool and sad at the same time. Some silly cowboys corralled hundreds of wild mustangs to a natural point. The cowboys lacking any foresight took the horses they wanted and left the rest on that point with no way out. They could see the Colorado River below as they died of thirst. This view was seen with hundreds of magnificent horses dead at the bottom. The name stuck but luckily the dead horses are gone. It is so sad that the mentality of the "white man" has been like that. They took the ones they wanted and could have easily set the others free but since they were going to get no use of them they could care less and they just let them die. They did not even consider the idea that if you keep killing them that there will be no offspring; therefore no more wild horses in the future. How sad. We decided our day would be better spent at Arches National Park so we headed that way. We had to make another stop at the Verizon store Brad’s new phone because it seems like we have been running errands everyday, so why not today too.