Sunday, October 29, 2017 We left Page, Arizona in the morning and headed for the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. As we approached the area I noticed smoke. Why does it have to be smoke? The Park was in the process of a prescribed/controlled burn in the North Rim area. Of course they were….
Month: October 2017
Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Saturday, October 28, 2017 Today I felt like I got my photo-mojo back. Alan and I went on two different tours of Antelope Canyon with Adventurous Antelope Canyon Photo Tours. I went on the photographer’s tour (you must have a camera and tripod), and Alan went on the non-photographer tour (but he did take his Nikon P900…
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
Friday, October 27, 2017 Monument Valley is aptly named, it’s monolithic spires, buttes, and other formations stand out by themselves as sacred monuments to the Navajo Tribe. The park was frequently used as a filming location for Western movies, the first of which was by John Ford, starring John Wayne. I competed with Alan for…
Canyonlands National Park
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 After a continental breakfast at the hotel we packed up and drove out through Capitol Reef toward Canyonlands National Park. Along the way we made a stop at Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park, inhabited by very unique geologic formations, called goblins, created by uplift and erosion by wind and water. We…
Capitol Reef National Park
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 After a very windy night next to a 5AM up and noisy group camp, we decamped in the wind, two tired and cranky campers, and headed out toward Capitol Reef National Park. We stopped for breakfast at a local cafe then got back on the road. Capitol Reef’s geologic formations are…
Bryce Canyon National Park
Sunday, October 22, 2017 We took showers, had a good breakfast, decamped and headed to Bryce Canyon National Park. We arrived a bit before noontime and stopped at the Visitor Center. It was very, very busy and we feared a repeat of Zion. Fortunately though, we always found a place to park and got lots…