Dead Horse Point State Park

While visiting Arches, Canyonlands, Moab, and the surrounding area we stayed at Dead Horse Point State Park, which was also beautiful. We also saw many Whiptail Lizards while we were in the area - this one was on the barrier wall along a trail.

We also saw a beautiful sunset from our campsite!

Canyonlands National Park

Ancesteral Puebleon graineries we hiked and scrambled to. They are built into the side of a cliff, and were used to store grains and other food.

The beautiful Mesa Arch in mid-morning, the second time we visited it.

Mesa Arch at sunrise. We were up an hour before first light to get these shots.

Mesa Arch.

Mesa Arch.

Arches National Park

Landscape Arch, the longest known arch in the world.

Double arch. That little spec is Dave.

The South Window arch in late afternoon.

The fins at Arches, which is what the arches form out of. We hiked amongst these, and even on top of a few (not these ones, though).

Walking the primitive trail. It was a pretty sketchy trail in some places. The sandstone is slick. This is one of the more difficult places, but not so difficult that we couldn't pause and take out the camera - and there were some of those.

Goblin Valley

Goblin Valley State Park is a very surreal place. One brochure describes it as something out of science fiction, which is pretty accurate. It also boasts amazing hiking amongst and around them.

Bryce Canyon

Bryce Canyon National Park is best known for it's amphitheatre of hoodoos.

Proof we were there.

Red Canyon, Kodachrome & Grosvener Arch

Today's drive started through the Dixie National Forest Red Canyon area.

We stayed at Kodachrome Basin State Park, a lesser-known but remarkably beautiful place. It's the only place in the world that has these crazy spires formed out of minerals thought to have been introduced through geysers. It also has the advantage of being 3000' lower that Bryce Canyon National Park, which had snow.

This "Chimney Rock" was featured in National Geographic magazine in the 40's, and is the reason the area was named Kodachrome, after old Kodak colour film.

Grosvener Arch was 10 miles out of the park... but on a bumpy dirt road (don't worry, Dad, the truck is fine), so we were the only ones there.

Here's us at the arch!

Grand Canyon

This is what Dave spent most of his time doing at the Grand Canyon... and pretty much everywhere else.

This is the majestic Grand Canyon. It was surreal - everything was so big, so vast.