Desert Botanical Garden

Can you believe that it's the 10th of November?

(That thing in the middle is a boojum tree. Supposed to be related to the ocotillo....)

Punkin'

I had fun with this one.

Widow's Walk

This wee beastie was residing right outside our back door...

Passing by Sedona

Aspen, part 2

Aspens on San Francisco Peaks

Estrallas and cactus

Sunset storm

End of the Trip

Somewhere in Navajo country, a monsoon rain shower.

One More Arch

This one's along the highway south of Moab.

Canyonlands

The view down into the canyons along the Colorado here feel almost like looking down from an airplane. Everything is thousands of feet below and spreading out for many miles. The canyons almost look like they have ruffles, with all the steps along the walls.

Skyline Arch

Delicate Arch

This is from the viewpoint closest to the road.

Double Arch

The small white specks under the arch are people...

The Moab Fault

This is Arches National Park, in Utah. The wall on the west side of the highway marks a fault line. The rocks on the east side dive deep, with the layers on the two side misaligned vertically by some 2,000'.

Balanced Rock

Near the north end of the Monument. The road has already descended most of the way off the plateau and the wall towers over it.

Long Way Down

Kissing Couple

This formation is toward the north end of the road, not far from the Visitor's Center.

The Coke Ovens

The rounded shapes of these formations resemble (if you squint hard enough) old-fashioned coke ovens.

Colorado National Monument

If you look at the top of the picture, you can see the road cuts above the canyon walls here. The road hugs the lip of the canyons and that creates a very intimate look at the beauty of the place that's different from, for instance, the Grand Canyon. Everything is much closer.

Book Cliffs

Near Grand Junction, the scenery has changed to western desert and the Book Cliffs line the highway on the north.

Colorado River

Getting close to Glenwood Springs, the canyon opens out and the river begins to meander a bit. We watched the rafters and kayakers come past.

Glenwood Canyon

I-70 runs along the Colorado river for several miles through this canyon. At times the bottom is so narrow that the highway is on two levels, with the westbound lanes higher up the wall than the eastbound. It's a beautiful place.

Small Reflection

There are a series of ponds along I-70 west of the Eisenhower Tunnel and this log caught our eye at one of them.