We woke up to another incredible day in our boondocking site just outside of the north entrance to Canyonlands national park.

We entered the national park around .9am and it was already busy on a Sunday. I definitely prefer canyons to arches, they are so much more dramatic.

The weather is perfect. Sunny, bright blue skies, and a gentle breeze to keep it cool.

Canyonlands, in our opinion, is better than the Grand Canyon. The scale of it isn’t as grand, but the canyons are just as amazing. And the fact there are so little people makes all the difference. We even managed a few walks today, but we’re at altitude again and still slightly puffing.

After having lunch and a coffee, we left Canyonlands and headed to dead horse point state park. This is where some nasty cowboys rounded up some wild horses, kept the best ones, and left the others locked up without food or water so they died.

It’s also the cliff that Thelma and Louise drove their car off in the movie.

There is an amazing horse shoe bend as well.

It was about 2pm by the time we were finished, and I had it in my head where I wanted to camp tonight if it was available. One of the blm camps that was fully booked the night before.

We arrived and only one other person was there, so we took the best spot with 360 degrees looking over the canyons. It’s such a magic spot, we’ll probably stay two nights. Even though we can camp for free down below, we figure the $10 is worth it for the views, table and chairs, fire pit, and toilet.

We watched the sun set , played some monopoly deal, and went to bed.