April 19-26
7 days, 6 nights, 2440 miles
Seeing the sites of Utah
Park City, Moab/Arches, Monument Valley, Glen Canyon/Lake Powell, and Bryce Canyon
Beautiful...not restful
Camped five nights, with our coldest night reaching 27 degrees and another night being blasted by sand from high winds...not all bad though, we enjoyed some campfire times with camp food and Smore's to the boys great delight; stayed with dear friends in Salt Lake that we knew back from our months of living in Vegas (possibly the only non-Mormons around (definitely in the severe minority))...and spent our final night at a lovely Hampton Inn in Twin Falls, ID.
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| Playing in snow above Park City, Utah |
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| Hans enjoying snow bib sledding |
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| Thad looking oh so mature here |
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| Resort in mountains |
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View from Fisher's Tower
21 miles from Arches Natl Park/ Moab, Utah |
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| Fisher's Tower |
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| Sticking together |
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| Intense sun |
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| Desert Bloom is a beautiful time to be in the desert...April 2014 |
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Monument Valley
View on our drive south toward Lake Powell in Arizona |
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| Our traveling companions |
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| Glen Canyon Natl Park |
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| Lake Powell, Az |
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| Reservoir behind the dam |
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| Lake Powell at Sunset |
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| Checking out the pool and hot tub, which the boys enjoyed the following morning |
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| View from Wahweap campground and resort |
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Off the pavement
40 mile drive on dirt road (taking the backroads to Bryce Canyon, through Cottonwood Canyon |
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| Our Minivan treats us well, whether we treat her well or not... |
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| Afternoon stretch...so nice to be out of the car seat! |
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| So much color and variation in these rocks A 2D picture just can't do it justice |
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| Natural Bridge in Cottonwood Canyon |
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25 weeks
Camped 5 nights in a tent
Travelled 2440 miles in 6 days
Beautiful |
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| Bryce Canyon from Sunrise Point |
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Intense Blue Sky at 8000 ft
and a day without Chemtrails to my delight! |
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I see Alf in this Hoodoo
Hoodoo is the name for this geological formations caused by the intense erosion of Bryce Canyon |
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| Snack break on the trail |
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| Two natural bridges |
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The Ascent on the Navajo Loop trail
I remembered this part from 1986 trip to Bryce with my parents |
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| View from Sunset point |
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| Champagne Mangos amongst friends at end of the trail for instant energy |
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| Our Group |
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| A remnant of winter's snow on the left north facing ridge |
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| Massive Natural Bridge |
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I see Pharoah in this Hoodoo... :o)
I found it interesting how much my brain would find faces in the rock. It must be trying to create some sort of semblance of it all and thus faces just pop out everywhere in the shadows of the rocks. |
