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3 Canyonlands National Park

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Our camp, near the border of Canyonlands National Park
Our camp, near the border of Canyonlands National Park		 Here we are, enjoying that first campsite
Here we are, enjoying that first campsite		 Sunset alpenglow?
Sunset "alpenglow"?		 Another sunset shot near Canyonlands
Another sunset shot near Canyonlands
Our Canyonlands campsite
Our Canyonlands campsite		 Hopi Chipmunk - eating pinyon pine nuts in our campsite
Hopi Chipmunk - eating pinyon pine nuts in our campsite		 Another shot of the same Hopi Chipmunk
Another shot of the same Hopi Chipmunk		 Cryptobiotic Soil Crust
Cryptobiotic Soil Crust
Dad in sagebrush
Dad in sagebrush		 An Anasazi ruin (a granary, in a beautifully protected spot)
An Anasazi ruin (a granary, in a beautifully protected spot)		 Narrowleafed Yucca , near the Anasazi granary
Narrowleafed Yucca , near the Anasazi granary		 The Cave Spring Trail was the next one we hiked
The Cave Spring Trail was the next one we hiked
Gary and Dad, nearing Cave Spring
Gary and Dad, nearing Cave Spring		 Cave Spring
Cave Spring		 A close-up of the pictographs and hanging garden
A close-up of the pictographs and "hanging garden"		 Indian grinding stone
Indian grinding stone
A ladder, on the Cave Spring Trail
A ladder, on the Cave Spring Trail		 The high point of the Cave Spring Trail
The "high point" of the Cave Spring Trail		 Up on the top, we find many little potholes filled by the recent rain.
Up on the top, we find many little potholes filled by the recent rain.		 On this cloudy day the colors are so rich...
On this cloudy day the colors are so rich...
Dad, who has just shot me
Dad, who has just "shot" me		 Gary and Me - the photo Dad had just taken in that last picture
Gary and Me - the photo Dad had just taken in that last picture		 Canyonlands has many mushroom-shaped rock formations
Canyonlands has many mushroom-shaped rock formations		 The dark streaks and patches on desert rock are called desert varnish
The dark streaks and patches on desert rock are called "desert varnish"
Returning on Cave Spring Trail
Returning on Cave Spring Trail		 Big Sage
Big Sage		 Back at the Cave Spring Trailhead - a mingling of beautiful colors
Back at the Cave Spring Trailhead - a mingling of beautiful colors		 End-of-day September 15, 2009
End-of-day September 15, 2009
Elephant Hill Road - a famous 4WD route
Elephant Hill Road - a famous 4WD route		 Mom and Dad on the Elephant Canyon trail
Mom and Dad on the Elephant Canyon trail		 Dad can never resist crawling into interesting rock holes
Dad can never resist crawling into interesting rock holes		 Guess who is having fun?
Guess who is having fun?
A study of textures
A study of textures		 This catches my eye on our way back to the car
This catches my eye on our way back to the car		 A lizard, on the Pothole Trail
A lizard, on the Pothole Trail		 Pothole snails
Pothole snails
Heading back to the car on Pothole Trail
Heading back to the car on Pothole Trail		 Gary, enjoying an overlook into a canyon
Gary, enjoying an overlook into a canyon		 These pinkish lizards were common, and very fast!
These pinkish lizards were common, and very fast!		 A portrait shot of the same lizard
A portrait shot of the same lizard
Dad with lizard
Dad with lizard		 Me on Squaw Canyon Trail
Me on Squaw Canyon Trail		 Gary, filming me
Gary, filming me		 A picture at my feet
A picture at my feet
Me, photographing a leopard lizard
Me, photographing a leopard lizard		 It stayed amazingly still, and both Mom and I took many pictures
It stayed amazingly still, and both Mom and I took many pictures		 A closer view
A closer view		 This chipmunk seems to be grooming its foot
This chipmunk seems to be grooming its foot
At the end of our last day in Canyonlands, we climb in hopes of sunset pictures
At the end of our last day in Canyonlands, we climb in hopes of sunset pictures		 Sunset, September 17
Sunset, September 17		 It isn't the sunset, but even the reflected light is glorious
It isn't the sunset, but even the reflected light is glorious		 After leaving the park, we stop at Newspaper Rock, right there beside the highway
After leaving the park, we stop at Newspaper Rock, right there beside the highway
There are pectoglyphs on this rock wall by the ancient Indians, then cowboys, then (unfortunately) modern-day graffiti
There are pectoglyphs on this rock wall by the ancient Indians, then cowboys, then (unfortunately) modern-day "graffiti"		 This wall is in a long, beautiful canyon used through the ages as a travel corridor.
This wall is in a long, beautiful canyon used through the ages as a travel corridor.		 Gary, puzzling over the images -- what do those many-toed feet mean?...
Gary, puzzling over the images -- what do those many-toed feet mean?...
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