Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 13: Arches National Park, End-of-the-Road

Alas, this is our last morning in Utah before heading home to Washington, DC, so we definitely had to get up for the sunrise.  Of all the places we’ve seen around Moab, I must say that Turret Arch by the North and South Windows is my hands down favorite.  It’s where we started on Day [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 11: Arches National Park, aka The Day I Almost Died

OK, perhaps I’m being a little dramatic.  But still, this is the day that I’ll never forget.  The day my Yaktrax fell into the abyss.  The day I was stuck way out in the funnel.  The day I was too paralyzed to move forward, too petrified to move back. 

Like always, it all started out in an [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 10: Capitol Reef, Goblin Valley State Park, Dead Horse Point State Park, and Canyonlands National Park

Today was a hell of a day – we hit two national parks and two state parks.  First, we got up for the sunrise at Capitol Reef National Park.  We were told that Notom Road, which runs north-south on the other side of the rocks of Capitol Reef, is a good place to catch the [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 9: Capitol Reef National Park

Photo of a tree at the top of Capitol Gorge, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

So, if you were wondering why I dropped off the face of my blog in the middle of my Utah Parks Road Trip, to tell you the truth, I didn’t realize how tired I would be at the end of [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 7: Zion National Park

This has got to be my best photography day yet on this trip.  Remember I said a few days ago that I couldn’t imagine Zion being more spectacular than Bryce?  Well, today was absolutely incredible.  We went up the Weeping Rock trail, which was pretty icy.  At one point there was an ice landslide covering [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 6: Zion National Park

View from the Watchman Trail at dusk, Zion National Park, Utah

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 4: Bryce Canyon

Boy, we were seriously exhausted at the end of the day.  That’s why I’m getting this post up a day late.  Plus, it’s a lot of work to be out shooting all day and then come back and process photos at night!  Anyway, we got up for the sunrise…and it was BITTER cold.  Went back [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip: Day 1, Arches National Park

 

"South Window," Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

It’s finally time for our Christmas-New Years Southern Parks of Utah Road Trip!  You never would have thought it would take 4 days to get from DC to Utah, but it’s already worth it!  In case you didn’t hear, the DC area’s biggest snowstorm in years and years [...]