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Title: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 09, 2009, 11:31:22 PM
Kolob Canyon section of Zion, just off exit 42 on I-15

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Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 12:04:14 AM
 :worthless:
sorry guys I need to resize all my pics, they are too big to post...stay tuned.... :2vrolijk_21:
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: aclass on August 10, 2009, 02:04:25 PM
 :cool2:  Tease
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 07:18:27 PM
try again

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/69216951@N00/3808868655/)
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: SmileMaker on August 10, 2009, 10:34:01 PM
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j45/OH_Smilemaker/IMG_0693.jpg)
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:38:57 PM
here we go..
Kolob Canyon off I-15 in Utah, about 15  miles before you exit off the freeway for the main Zion entrance
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:42:29 PM
Inside Zion before entering the tunnel:
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Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:43:50 PM
and another:
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:44:46 PM
another...
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:47:29 PM
precarious....
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:48:43 PM
these were parked below that one up there^^^^
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:50:42 PM
After going through the tunnel we came to this one, I believe called Checkerboard Mesa:

Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:51:44 PM
obviously named for these markings more visible in this close-up
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:52:49 PM
then we rolled on to Bryce Canyon
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Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:53:31 PM
another:
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Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:54:18 PM
gotta have an arch:
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Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:55:58 PM
and one more as we headed for Torrey, UT for the night:
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 10, 2009, 11:59:15 PM
on the way to Torrey we rode through The Grand Staircase our destination being toward the horizon in this one
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:00:24 AM
we took the road seen in the bottom of this one, riding up that canyon
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:01:41 AM
this is after we got up through that canyon and back up on top, looking back in the direction we came from. You can see the route right up the middle of the picture
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:03:27 AM
another picture from the same spot but taken with the zoom:
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:05:19 AM
that night we stayed at the Best Western Capital Reef which is at the west entrance to Capitol Reef Nation Park. This was the view out of our room:
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:08:48 AM
then we headed into Capitol Reef. Our actual ending destination for the day was Durango via Capital Reef/Glen Canyon/Monument Valley and the 4 Corners. Here are some Capitol Reef pictures
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Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:09:26 AM
another
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:10:09 AM
one more
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Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:15:07 AM
After leaving Capitol Reef we fueled up in Hanksville and head south for Monument Valley. We caught a small part of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Our 1st stop was an overlook with a view down onto Lake Powell. You can see a river to the middle of this picture and there is a bridge there that you have to cross
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:16:08 AM
here is a zoom shot in on the bridge from the same spot as the picture above
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:18:59 AM
Same spot, me on the right and my best friend of 35 years on the left. He rides on 04 SEEG Huckleberry. This picture is deceiving as the viewpoint is on a cliff about 7-800 feet above Lake Powell.
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:21:07 AM
leaving the viewpoint and chasing him to the bridge:
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:21:55 AM
approaching the bridge
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Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:23:52 AM
taken from the bridge, the middle of the picture is the viewpoint we were just at. The highest one is actually the ridge a mile or so beyond the viewpoint. The distance from the viewpoint to the bridge was about 11  miles.
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:30:09 AM
the next photo op was when we went down the Moki Dugway (http://www.midwestroads.com/otherstates/mokidugway/). Our next stop was Mexican Hat, UT and this was a 40 mile shortcut. The elevation drop is 1100 feet in 3 miles and those 3 miles are un-paved switchbacks. Great road to the gravel, not a bad gravel road down and great paved road at the bottom
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:30:41 AM
going down
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:31:48 AM
down
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:33:25 AM
down
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:34:12 AM
down, there is a road in there! The big green bush is at the hairpin curve coming down from the left before heading down to the left again

Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:35:15 AM
at the bottom, back to pavement, looking back
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:37:35 AM
this one of that whole bluff from about 15 miles away as we head into Monument Valley
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:39:46 AM
and....Monument Valley lies in the distance
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:40:44 AM
closer
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:41:21 AM
and closer
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Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:42:07 AM
another
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:44:10 AM
one more
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Post by: Keithincda on August 11, 2009, 12:49:17 AM
and a short time later....lookin like a damn tourist  :2vrolijk_21:
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: ordymun0904 on August 15, 2009, 07:39:09 AM
awesome pics! thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: JoMo on August 15, 2009, 08:27:06 PM
Grate pictures, I have two friends of mine doing the same trip as I am typing.
It's grate to see what they seeing, what a ride. Thanx for sharing.

                                     Jo Mo NYC  :coolblue:
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: JoMo on August 15, 2009, 10:31:00 PM
I just got off the phone with my friend and his wife and they did the same tourist picture that you just posted.
They were giving me an update on there trip and I was describing the area as they were talking, they were a little surprised
that I knew what they were experiencing, never beaning there myself. Then I told them to log on to the CVO site LOL


                                                        Jo Mo NYC  :coolblue:
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: PR3VS56 on August 15, 2009, 11:23:58 PM
Great pics == thanks for sharing.  I can smell that southwest air.
Title: Re: Southern UTAH--Zion/Bryce/Capitol Reef/Glen Canyon
Post by: smkymtnboy on August 16, 2009, 08:45:52 PM
simply stunning!! thanks for sharing!