Travels

Natural Bridges, Utah

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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

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Canyonlands – Utah

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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.

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Night in Arches National Park

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The full moon was a few nights before but it still provided great lighting in the park.

You may notice the faint light on Balance Rock. It was from two other photographers who couldn’t find their cameras set-ups in the dark .
Called it a night at Balance Rock and headed back to Moab. Decided to stop the car and take a few shots and these were the results
It was so dark out, I had no idea that there were scattered clouds in the distance.
I was sitting on the ground for this photo and it was so quiet. I just sat there listening…

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Exploring Arches National Park

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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.

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Bisti Wilderness, New Mexico

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Finally made it to the Bisti Wilderness in New Mexico. An area in the North Western part of the state. After finding the parking lot and hopping a few cattle fences the landscape changed dramatically after about a 3/4 of a mile.

4 uncracked eggs
Star Wars Landspeeder
Petrified stump
Above the Hoodoos
more hoodoos
Bisti Arches
Cracked eggs
In the Egg Factory

 

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Knights Ferry Bridge

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014 Knights Ferry Bridge, the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi at 330 feet (100 m) in length.

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Inside the Knights Ferry Bridge

 

 

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Survived Thanksgiving

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007From the highway, I spotted a gang of turkeys. These guys were good sized and seemed to have escaped Thanksgiving last month.

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Pacific Ocean

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034On a drive down to Southern California along the coast highway; there were many scenic overlooks to view the Pacific Ocean.

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South Fork Tuolumne River

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022-2The South Fork of the Tuolumne river feeds the Rainbow Pools. I ventured upstream a bit to take some long exposures of the water flows.

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Swimming Hole

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009-2Another vantage point of Rainbow Pools. (If you search Rainbow Pools near Hwy 120, you find several photos of people leaping off the boulder to the right)

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