Sunday, February 27, 2022
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Road Trip: Death Valley and Yosemite
Friday & Saturday, May 25 & 26, 2018
Friday and Saturday turned out to be big driving days as I headed home. I had planned to stay on the road until Monday, but things didn't work out that way. Pongo was dead tired all day Thursday and continued to be tired on Friday in spite of our relaxed schedule the previous day. I decided to get closer to home rather than stay in Utah. If he bucked up we'd stay where we were and if not we'd head home.
Capitol Reef National Park, UT |
We drove through Capitol Reef on our way to Panamint Springs in Death Valley, which was our ultimate destination for the evening. We only stopped for a few pictures. This is one of my favorite parks.
Capitol Reef National Park, UT |
Koosharem Reservoir, UT |
Mesquite Flat Dunes, Death Valley National Park, CA |
In the morning we drove up a rough road to an old mining site. It was pretty cool. Pongo wasn't any better, though, and the campsite felt small and cramped with the Memorial Day weekend crowd there, so I decided to head for home up 395.
Death Valley National Park, CA |
Death Valley National Park, CA |
Death Valley National Park, CA |
Rainbow Canyon, Death Valley National Park, CA |
Death Valley, CA |
Owens Valley, CA |
We lucked out on the drive home. Highway 120 through Yosemite had been closed the week before. My friends had tried to use it on their trip out to Canyonlands and had to turn around. My plan was to take it if it was open, figuring the park folks would push to get it open for the big holiday weekend, or I'd go on up to Tahoe and take I-50 into California. Well, 120 was, in fact, open. We saw some spectacular views before driving into fog near Olmstead Point.
Yosemite National Park, CA |
See how much nicer it is when there's a few clouds in the sky, or even a lot? Makes me happy.
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Yosemite National Park, CA |
Yosemite National Park, CA |
Yosemite National Park, CA |
All in all, it was a good trip.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Road Trip: Goblin Valley
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Canyonlands is an amazing place and I've hardly started to explore it, but it's not exactly dog friendly. That's the case for most national parks. The South Rim of the Grand Canyon is the great exception. Dogs can walk pretty much the entire rim there. So, as much as I would have liked to spend more time there, I wanted to get to a place where Pongo and I could move around with a little more freedom. The nice thing about Utah is that their state parks allow leashed dog to go pretty much anyplace people can go. With that in mind, we left Canyonlands early in the morning to get a campsite at Goblin Valley State Park.
Canyonlands National Park, UT |
Canyonlands National Park, UT |
San Rafael Swell, UT |
Little Wild Horse Canyon, San Rafael Swell, UT |
Goblin Valley State Park, UT |
Goblin Valley State Park, UT |
Goblin Valley State Park, UT |
Goblin Valley State Park, UT |
Goblin Valley State Park, UT |
Goblin Valley State Park, UT |
Goblin Valley State Park, UT |
Goblin Valley State Park, UT |
Goblin Valley State Park, UT |
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Road Trip: Canyonlands
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).
Dead Horse Point State Park, UT |
Dead Horse Point State Park, UT |
Dead Horse Point State Park, UT |
Cow, Dead Horse Point State Park, UT |
Calf, Dead Horse Point State Park, UT |
Canyonlands National Park, UT |
Canyonlands National Park, UT |
Cattle, Utah State Route 313, UT |
Utah State Route 313, UT |
Utah State Route 313, UT |
Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, UT |
Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, UT |
Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, UT |
Canyonlands National Park, UT |
Canyonlands National Park, UT |
Canyonlands National Park, UT |
Canyonlands National Park, UT |
Caanyonlands National Park, UT |
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