I want you to see where I live: the wonder, the beauty, the mystery.
Barrier Canyon Style pictographs from 2000-4000 years ago. Stunning.
Rare endemic Cave Primrose
An ancient hearth with charred wood is eroding from a cliff bank. One has been dated to 4400 years ago.
Rhizoliths! Ancient root casts
Rubicons are for serious 4WD-ing
Doll House, Maze, storm
Indian Paintbrush
I’m on a pile of Giant Ground Sloth dung and Mammoth dung. Yes, I am!
A strong old corral made of juniper trunks
Don’t ask. It’s kind of creepy.
Winch training
Land of Standing Rocks, the Maze, oncoming storm
Tafoni: chemical weathering in sandstone
On top of the world with my beloved
Panorama Point, the Maze
An old sheepherder’s cabin
ALL our roads are 4WD high clearance, but one!
View from my living room window each evening
Hiked to a hidden arch
Quintessential southern Utah landscape
Ranger Kathryn's Arches 
These photos are beautiful and make me oh so Utah-sick! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Comment by Mariana — April 22, 2016 @ 10:13 am |
I knew that would happen! Once a desert rat, always a desert rat…
Comment by Kathryn Colestock-Burke — April 22, 2016 @ 10:07 pm |
My question of course is: Did you add to the sloth’s dung pile?
Comment by Bruni Mason — April 22, 2016 @ 12:30 pm |
Oh, Bruni…
Comment by Kathryn Colestock-Burke — April 22, 2016 @ 10:07 pm |
I wanted to comment but am speechless . . .
Comment by leroque — April 22, 2016 @ 2:53 pm |
Most days, I feel the same. Utah is above words.
Comment by Kathryn Colestock-Burke — April 22, 2016 @ 10:08 pm |
Hi Kathryn. So happy to have found your blog! In 2009 we criss crossed the state in my first trip to the west and I learned the real defintion to the term jaw dropping. We started our journey at Dinosaur National Monument and then stayed in Moab visiting Arches and Canyonlands. We loved the journey to The La Sal mountains too and ended it up at Fisher Towers where we watched climbers ascend some peaks. Wow.
I wanted to go to the Mazes but no time for it as we headed down to south to see Gooseneck State Park and then back up to Capitol Reef. Then, down south again to Bryce and Zion. We finished off at the Grand Canyon.
All I can say is I don’t believe there is another state that has the wonders that Utah has. I envy you seeing it all every day.
Comment by Norm Ray — April 24, 2016 @ 5:56 am |
It is SO beautiful out here, Norm, that you really ought to put it on your “must” list. Most visitors to the Maze spend 3-5 days here and it is accessible only by 4WD, which excludes many travelers. It is the wildest of all the places in Utah that I’ve been, so if that is appealing to you… start planning! It is all backcountry here. You might enjoy it immensely.
Comment by Kathryn Colestock-Burke — April 24, 2016 @ 4:38 pm |
Yes…I love the wild places. Maybe someday again. I’d love to go.
Comment by Norm Ray — April 24, 2016 @ 6:22 pm