Wednesday, May 23, 2018
We started our morning near the visitor center at Dead Horse Point State Park. That little park has more than its share of amazing views. Since it was early in the morning, we had the place to ourselves. We sat for a while and just soaked up the view. Well, I did. Pongo checked and rechecked every bush for lizards. He's never even come close to catching one (if anyone is worried about that).
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| Dead Horse Point State Park, UT |
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| Dead Horse Point State Park, UT |
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| Dead Horse Point State Park, UT |
We next headed to the Island in the Sky area of Canyonlands. Of course, before we got there we had to stop a number of times for Pongo to look at the free range cattle. I have to admit, they're awfully cute at times. I saw three pronghorn out in this area between Dead Horse Point and Canyonlands, but was never in a good position to take a picture. I usually get a lot of wildlife photos on these trips, but didn't have much luck this time. Out of practice, I guess. Plenty of cow photos, though.
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| Cow, Dead Horse Point State Park, UT |
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| Calf, Dead Horse Point State Park, UT |
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| Canyonlands National Park, UT |
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| Canyonlands National Park, UT |
After a brief tour of Island in the Sky, we set out for The Needles area of Canyonlands. We stopped a few times on the way for photos and brief exploration.
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| Cattle, Utah State Route 313, UT |
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| Utah State Route 313, UT |
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| Utah State Route 313, UT |
As we neared The Needles, we stopped at Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument to take a few photographs of the petroglyphs.
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| Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, UT |
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| Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, UT |
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| Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, UT |
We went to The Needles to meet up with some friends. We were gathering to remember a friend who passed a year ago. We camped in a cool group site inside (and outside) a cave. It was a memorable evening.
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| Canyonlands National Park, UT |
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| Canyonlands National Park, UT |
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| Canyonlands National Park, UT |
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| Canyonlands National Park, UT |
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| Caanyonlands National Park, UT |
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