Utah / Arizona June 2011.   ~mike gradziel.
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We went to Utah on Thursday, arriving by air to Las Vegas, and made a weekend tour that included the beautiful slot canyon filled a foot deep with ice water in Kanarraville, the red cliffs of Kolob Canyon and Zion Canyon, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon where we watched the sun set, had dinner in the atmospheric and rustic Grand Canyon Lodge, and stayed the night. We visited Page Arizona and saw the Glen Canyon Dam, spent two evenings in the lively parkside town of Springdale, and saw lots of animals including a white-tailed Kaibab squirrel, a coyote, and many deer. Then there was the highlight of the trip, the reason we went: we hiked to The Wave and took hundreds of photos. Don't know of The Wave? This obscure and remote sandstone formation miles from anything can be visited only with special permits.
hiking into kanarra canyon, utah. by Joy. hiking into kanarra canyon, utah hiking into kanarra canyon, utah
snowmelt in kanarra canyon snowmelt in kanarra canyon kanarra canyon slot
kanarra canyon slot mike and joy kanarra canyon
kanarra canyon kanarra canyon kanarra canyon
kanarra canyon joy crosses the torrent kanarra canyon
Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
sunset in Zion Canyon bison, or maybe beefalo (seriously - a mixed breed) on the road to the Wave trailhead
beginning of the hike wildflowers in the sand beginning of the hike
wildflowers in the sand interesting plant wildflowers in the sand
joy climbing sandstone our group colorful cacti
iron concretions erode out of the sandstone just like we saw on Mars in 2004 mike among sandstone. by Joy.
yellow flowers the start of the Wave formation. by Joy. the start of the Wave formation
joy beside ancient sand dune striping mike and joy joy walking through a canyon
joy and yola mike. by Joy. The Wave has wavy sandstone. by Joy.
mike and joy. by Yola. joy hikes in The Wave The Wave main basin
The Wave main basin The Wave main basin joy in the Wave
ming walks the wave yola and ming. by Joy. walking The Wave. by Joy.
mike and ming. by Joy. lunch spot is losing shade looking down into The Wave
leaving the wave desert wildlife appears on a rock. by Joy. sagebrush
strange bubble plant orange flowers empty desert road
cottonwood trees high on the Kaibab late sun from the Grand Canyon North Rim our shadows
late sun on the North Rim shutterbugs on the edge sunset colors
joy hastily leaving the unsafe-feeling overlook we were standing on top of the window morning at the North Rim
morning at the North Rim morning at the North Rim morning at the North Rim
Grand Canyon Lodge from the 1930s Grand Canyon Lodge from the 1930s Grand Canyon Lodge from the 1930s
young cottonwood leaves. by Joy. vermilion cliffs. by Joy. vermilion cliffs
vermilion cliffs navajo bridge over the colorado river Glen Canyon Dam visitor center
Glen Canyon Dam Lake Powell Zion Canyon shuttle bus stop
morning in Zion the Virgin River is still cutting deeper joy walking in Zion
a pool of water columbine flower Zion Canyon
Zion Canyon weeping rock shuttle bus
wildflowers Zion Canyon Zion Canyon

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