Thursday, December 18, 2008

Park City

Park City

A pleasant visit with friends ended catastrophically when Robert Redford tricked us into buying his all-U-can-eat Sunday brunch.

Escalante



Escalante

A desolate wilderness the size of a small European country. The landscape rebuffs attempts of domination and development.

Our first impression was a snarling bobcat darting across the road. We continued over Hell's Backbone and down 'Hole in the Rock Road'. A trying journey that nearly rattled the Subaru to pieces. Then...into the Canyons!!!

Canyon Lands



Canyon Lands


The descent into the canyon lands. The thousand foot cliffs give way to a twisted, nebulous landscape, a testament to the wind and the rain. But water remains scarce. The cicada-like buzz of the rattle-snake echoes in your ears as you search for a spring in this land carved by the Colorado.

Canyon Rim


Canyon Rim


A windy world overlooking the land of canyons. Juniper, pine, crypto-biotics and in the distance massive formations: Six-Shooters, The Needles.

Edward Abbey roamed here in the days of Desert Solitaire...How solitary we feel, nothing but us, the wind and Jack Daniels.

Per Jack Daniels, rock-tossing!!







An overview of the Canyon Lands from the rim...