What an exhausting hot, dry day yesterday was. We started out at 9:30 and didn’t get back until 4:30. There is so much to see and do out here that we had to pick a direction and just go. So we decided to drive through the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. When we got to Escalante we took the Hole-in-the-Rock Road (a dirt and gravel road) to Devils Garden to see the Hoodoos and have lunch. From there we continued about 3 miles down the road and (in 4 wheel drive) took a narrow dirt road that ran through river bottoms to see the sandstone cliffs where hundreds of dinosaurs left their tracks 155 million years ago. From there we drove to Boulder, UT over curvy, steep Hwy 12 overlooking incredible vistas.
Hoodoo Kiss
Michael lunching under a hoodoo
Devils Garden
For hours we bounced and bumped over dirt and gravel roads that, when subject to rain storms, can literally flood out. Everywhere we drove we were surrounded by rock and sandstone mountains with stunted trees and scrub on and beneath them. Many of these rock formations sported odd figures sculpted by nature. Some looked like cathedrals, others like faces and others just shapes that played with your imagination. So primitive was the terrain that, at times, we felt like we were driving through a world a million years ago. We almost expected to see dinosaurs crossing our path. Its beauty is so different from that of the Rocky’s that it is difficult to describe. Sandstone and red rock predominate; river beds are completely dry this time of year; and the greenery that survives in the sand is sparse, stunted and wiry. So much of this expansive, monochromatic terrain was difficult to capture.
On the Hole-in-the-Rock Road
Sandstone Rocks
Rock formations seen on the Hole-in-the-Rock Road
The other night I did get a chance to catch the sunset and moonrise over Sunset Point in Bryce Canyon. It was absolutely spectacular. I’m not really happy with my full moon image even though I have included it. I plan to go back there tonight and try it again.
Sunset at Sunset Point
Full moon at Sunset Point
Today we head to Kodachrome Basin and Grosvenor Arch.
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