Post by Tonyterner on Aug 18, 2009 10:04:19 GMT -5
I didn't get a chance to post these during our trip so now I'm playing catch up. After we said our goodbyes in Moab we started our two day drive to Las Vegas. I really wanted to take the scenic route and see a few more of the national parks in southern Utah. We spent all of this day on just two roads, Rts. 12 & 24, that wind through Utah and connect Green River with Panguitch. Both small towns with nothing to offer but the drive between them is the most stunning I have ever seen. We stopped twice to collect rocks along the way but I'll put them in another thread once the boxes arrive.
The book cliffs north of Moab.
The San Rafael Reef from Rt. 50.
This is the place they filmed Forrest Gump as he jogged through the desert. Nearly 20 miles of perfectly straight road.
Red rock spikes in the distance.
These are so close to the road you could easily hit them with your car.
Interesting bedding planes in the middle of nowhere.
Butte next to the Fremont River valley.
Colored hills near the thriving metropolis of Caineville. Actually we never even saw a town.
Fremont River entering Capitol Reef National Park.
Capitol reef from the road.
Amber and I with the reef in the background.
After going through Capitol Reef we headed up Boulder Mountain and reached the highest elevation I have ever been on land 9,600 feet. Here is a view of the Henry Mountains from part way up.
Top of the Hog's Back in Escalante Staircase National Monument. The canyons on either side were about 500 feet deep. Amber pulled over to let me drive at this point. The drop without guardrails was a bit more than she could handle.
Looking into a canyon.
Rt. 12 winding through Escalante Staircase.
Butte near Cannonville.
The Crown near Bryce Canyon.
Rainbow Point in Bryce Canyon National Park. We didn't get here until 7 pm so lighting wasn't the best for photos. We almost considered skipping it since it was so late but were glad we didn't. This is the most beautiful of the four parks in Utah that we visited.
You can really see the colorful layers in this hoodoo.
The Natural Bridge, which is misnamed since its technically an arch.
More hoodoos than you can count.
This park is just breathtaking.
Note the people on the trail. They give you an idea of the scale of this place.
Sorry there are so many pictures here but I took over 260 this day and it was hard to pare them down to just a few. If you want to see all of them here is a link to the album. Thanks for looking.
picasaweb.google.com/tonyterner/Day4MoabToPanguitch#
The book cliffs north of Moab.
The San Rafael Reef from Rt. 50.
This is the place they filmed Forrest Gump as he jogged through the desert. Nearly 20 miles of perfectly straight road.
Red rock spikes in the distance.
These are so close to the road you could easily hit them with your car.
Interesting bedding planes in the middle of nowhere.
Butte next to the Fremont River valley.
Colored hills near the thriving metropolis of Caineville. Actually we never even saw a town.
Fremont River entering Capitol Reef National Park.
Capitol reef from the road.
Amber and I with the reef in the background.
After going through Capitol Reef we headed up Boulder Mountain and reached the highest elevation I have ever been on land 9,600 feet. Here is a view of the Henry Mountains from part way up.
Top of the Hog's Back in Escalante Staircase National Monument. The canyons on either side were about 500 feet deep. Amber pulled over to let me drive at this point. The drop without guardrails was a bit more than she could handle.
Looking into a canyon.
Rt. 12 winding through Escalante Staircase.
Butte near Cannonville.
The Crown near Bryce Canyon.
Rainbow Point in Bryce Canyon National Park. We didn't get here until 7 pm so lighting wasn't the best for photos. We almost considered skipping it since it was so late but were glad we didn't. This is the most beautiful of the four parks in Utah that we visited.
You can really see the colorful layers in this hoodoo.
The Natural Bridge, which is misnamed since its technically an arch.
More hoodoos than you can count.
This park is just breathtaking.
Note the people on the trail. They give you an idea of the scale of this place.
Sorry there are so many pictures here but I took over 260 this day and it was hard to pare them down to just a few. If you want to see all of them here is a link to the album. Thanks for looking.
picasaweb.google.com/tonyterner/Day4MoabToPanguitch#