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Monument Valley Tribal Park

Posted on April 26, 2015 Updated on April 23, 2015

We had arrived late to Monument Valley Tribal Park but in time to catch the setting sun illuminating the mesas and give the sandstone some added pop. The week before we arrived, the valley had 16″ of snow. While most of it had melted, there was still some areas with snow on it and it added some interesting contrast to the photos.

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Owachomo Bridge and US-261

Posted on April 19, 2015 Updated on April 19, 2015

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We spent a afternoon at Natural Bridges National Park. Owachomo Bridge was already in shadow but it didn’t make this bridge any less spectacular than the previous two we visited earlier. This was however, the easiest to get to from the Rim Overlook. It was late and we needed to get to Monument Valley before night fall. This meant a ‘shortcut’ down US 261 also known as the Moki Dugway. A seemingly nice country road until the pavement ends and for 3 miles or so it turns into a steep, twisty dirt road with views of the Valley of the Gods and the Goosenecks.

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Natural Bridges, Utah

Posted on April 12, 2015 Updated on April 11, 2015

Yes, this is part of the trail

More ladders to the Sipapu bridge

Sipapu Bridge

Cottonwoods Under the bridge

Above Horsecollar Ruin

Onto the next bridge

Under Kachina Bridge

More Petroglyphs

Hands

This guy broke our windshield wiper

This entry was posted in Birds, I wanna climb that!, National Parks, Travels and tagged hiking, Landscape, rocks, Travels, Utah.

Canyonlands – Utah

Posted on April 5, 2015 Updated on April 2, 2015

First day in the Canyonlands area. Spend the entire day hiking all over buttes and mesas! We scrambled on slickrock and scree and found amazing views and historical finds around every bend.

Mesa Arch – Island in the Sky, Canyonland, Utah

Just a little scrambling on the slickrock

Another grainery along the Aztec Butte trail

Another perspective of the grainery

Unnamed mesa

there is a trail there

False Kiva is not on any map. Do your research before you attempt this hike. If you find it, please respect the area.

This entry was posted in I wanna climb that!, Landscapes, National Parks, Travels and tagged hiking, Landscape, National Parks, sandstone, Travels, Utah.

Exploring Arches National Park

Posted on March 22, 2015 Updated on March 22, 2015

Stayed in Moab, Utah a few days and was able to explore Arches National Park. Amazing sandstone carved arches and landscape. We also found some petroglyphs on our hike.

This entry was posted in Cool, I wanna climb that!, Landscapes, Travels and tagged Landscape, National Parks, sandstone, Travels, Utah.

Almost Frozen Over

Posted on January 4, 2015 Updated on January 3, 2015

Happy New Year! This is Caples Lake, seen from the shore it is almost frozen over. A few more weeks and this lake will be completely frozen.

This entry was posted in I wanna climb that!, Landscapes, Tahoe and tagged Caples Lake, Landscape, tahoe.

Go Climb a Rock

Posted on October 26, 2014 Updated on October 25, 2014

Obviously, it’s taken a long time for this tree to grow over this rock but looking at it reminded me of an old tagline “Go Climb A Rock” when I was growing up.