Southwest United States 2012
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- San Juan Mountains – Colorado
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- Mesa Verde National Park
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- San Juan River Rafting – Desert Varnish on Navajo Sandstone
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- Desert Bighorn Sheep near the San Juan River
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- Natural Bridges National Monument
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- Capitol Reef National Park
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- Capitol Reef and the Henry Mountains – Rainbow
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- Boulder Mountain, Utah – Dawn
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- Boulder Mountain – Huge Stands of Aspen Trees
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- Boulder Mountain – Cowboys on horseback at a 10,000′ alpine lake
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- Boulder Mountain – Brook Trout on the Fly
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- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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- GSENM – Lower Calf Creek Falls Trail
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- Bryce Canyon National Park
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- Powell Point viewed from the Bryce Canyon Rim
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- Canyonneering – On Rappel in the GSENM
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- Canyoneering – Deep in an unnamed canyon in GSENM
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- Canyoneering – Going even deeper into a canyon in the GSENM
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- Canyoneering – Luminescent Slot Canyon Walls
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- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument – Gnarled Tree in the Desert
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- Zion National Park – The Main Canyon
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- Zion National Park – Mule Deer in the Evening
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- Southern Utah Sunset
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- Sunset over the Vermillion Cliffs in Arizona
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- The Grand Canyon – Temples and Bright Angel Canyon
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- The Grand Canyon – Fiery Sunset
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- The Grand Canyon – Morning Sun Highlights South Canyon Walls
Quintessential Southwest
Canyons, mesas, mountains and red slick rock . . . historical Indian ruins . . . ancient petroglyphs and art . . .
Cactus, juniper trees, and sagebrush . . . Pronghorn antelope and mule deer, lizards and snakes . . .
Fierce red sunsets and horizons that go on forever . . .
These are just some of the impressions the Southwest conjures up in my mind, solidified this summer during our visit to this part of America.
Trip Summary
This July my family traveled across the United States on a self-planned tour of the southern Colorado Plateau, that area of uplifted land in Colorado, Utah and Arizona through which the Colorado River and its tributaries drain the Rocky Mountains west of the Continental Divide. We hiked, fly fished, rafted, canyoneered and, of course, photographed some of the most striking country in the world.
Our itinerary was a counter-clockwise road trip visiting:
- Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
- Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
- Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
- Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
- Zion National Park, Utah
- Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Stay Tuned . . . .
Over the next several months, I will tell some of the stories and share more of the photography from this trip.
In the meantime, please enjoy these preview images (you can click on any of the above images to enlarge the image).
