Wilderness – Page 2

The Grand Grand Canyon

Arizona, Desert Southwest, Grand Canyon, National Parks

From last week’s trip to the North Rim.

You drive through thick Ponderosa Pine forests to get to the rim.

Along with Aspen Tree Forests

Stormy Zion Country

Desert Southwest, National Parks, Utah, Weather, Zion

Another huge thunder and lightning storm swept through Zion country yesterday and provided some good photo ops.

Cathedral Valley Sunset

Desert Southwest, National Parks, Photography, Utah

More from Capitol Reef National Park’s amazing Cathedral Valley.

The Temple Of The Moon and The Temple of the Sun at Capitol Reef National Park’s Cathedral Valley

The Magnificent Waterhole Canyon

Arizona, Desert Southwest

Page, Arizona has its Antelope Canyon including crowds and guided tours that whisk you through. Waterhole Canyon is not quite like Antelope Canyon but it is a reasonable alternative especially since very few people know where it is. No tour buses here!

It’s a bit tight but not claustrophobic.

Using a tripod for longer exposures helps to reveal the natural hues.

More Bryce Canyon Pics!

Desert Southwest, National Parks, Seasons, Utah, Weather

The Remote and Remarkable Ibex Sand Dunes

California, Death Valley, Desert Southwest, National Parks

These sand dunes in a remote part of Death Valley National Park are amazing. Very few people visit here so the dunes are pristine. One other couple showed up there when I did but we decided to go separate ways so we wouldn’t disturb each other’s photos.

Me and my shadow. i think that’s my shadow.

Not sure what made these tracks in the sand. They kind of stop and start up again. A bird?

White Pocket Is Simply Amazing. First Of 3 Posts.

Arizona, Desert Southwest, National Parks

I’ve been out there 4 or 5 times but the light approaching sunset was almost-perfect this time. White Pocket is an area in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Northern Arizona. It’s a difficult drive on sandy roads to get there, but well worth the struggle. One vehicle that only had 2-wheel drive got stuck in the sand and was only rescued when a Jeep Wrangler with a winch showed up and saved this couple a large towing bill.

Unusual rock formations produced through millions of years of erosion form the landscape at White Pocket at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona

A few remnants from last week’s Grand Canyon trip

Arizona, Desert Southwest, Grand Canyon, National Parks

Zion’s Many Many Pools Trail

Desert Southwest, National Parks, Zion

Up on the Eastside of Zion National Park is an unmarked and unpublicized trail that offers a different look than the rest of the park. The Many Pools Trail is exactly what the name implies. A bunch of pools or potholes carved through erosion into the soft sandstone. The recent May rains have filled the pools and provided some great reflections. And in the spring you will find nature at work in the form of one little amphibian. The Canyon Tree Frog makes its home in these pools and I have photographed it and recorded its sounds that will be highlighted in my next post. But for now, enjoy the landscape of their home.