Mexican Hat in Utah
September 26. Decamping from Mesa Verde and its cliff dwellings in Colorado we headed back into Utah following the scenic route (where an artist was literally getting blown away by […]
Category Archives: Utah
Moki Dugway: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Moki Dugway is quite the road. I’m not sure why they call it ‘dugway’ instead of ‘highway’ but certainly the experience of careening down its sharp curves is vastly different […]
A Scenic Drive through Southern Utah
September 26. As we were in the process of decamping from Mesa Verde, this old guy came by to check our camping permit. “Boy, you’re in trouble ,” he said, […]
The Needles and Mushroom Cap Formations of Canyonlands National Park South
September 24. Yesterday we did the Canyonlands National Park North, today we entered the park via the south entrance. I noted ‘photo ref’ on this sketch of the rock formations on […]
Moab, Utah’s Sin City
Of course, Utah’s definition of ‘sin city’ is very different than that of Nevada’s next door. In a bit of tongue-in-cheek they have taken Nevada’s saying of “what happens in […]
Canyonlands National Park: Island in the Sky & Mesa Arch
September 23. We admired Dead Horse Point in the (fairly) early morning light and then raced to Canyonlands, hoping to catch some more of that morning light. But at Aztec Butte […]
Dead Horse Point, Dying within Sight of Water (Utah)
September 23. Dead Horse Point gets its name from a horse that died within sight of water, unable to reach it. Enroute to the state park we passed two ship-shaped […]
