 The scenic Highway 12 |
 Farther along Highway 12 |
 Globe Mallow, blooming near a mass of blooming Russian Thistle |
 On arrival at the park, we find the campground full. |
 The scenery right next to us in camp. |
 This "geyser" is near our camp also. |
 Princes Plume is a graceful plant. This one has lost almost all its small yellow flowers. |
 The park was named Kodachrome Basin... |
 A small plant called Desert Trumpet, growing in a sheltered niche |
 Walking the Grand Parade trail |
 Russian Thistle in bloom. This is the ubiquitous "tumble weed". |
 Near Kodachrome Basin State Park is this most beautiful of arches -- Grosvenor Arch |
 At the base of the arch, looking waayyy up! |
 From here you can see where we were going to park, at the North Cottonwood Narrows Trailhead |
 This is part of a long ridge called "The Cockscomb". |
 Posing by the trailhead sign |
 Dad, coming down into the narrows at the start of our hike |
 I could bore you with my many closeups of rock, but won't. This shows Dad appreciating it. |
 Gary, leading the way |
 The walls are high and multicolored, and the floor of the canyon dry. |
 An arched alcove in the canyon wall |
 Thistle and sandstone |
 At this point Gary turns around and starts back |
 Dad continues on, with me close behind. |
 Dad, enjoying another attractive hidey-hole |
 Rock like petrified waves of water |
 The rock's true color seems to be this glowing apricot |
 Interesting canyon wall -- thickened by eons of drips?... |
 We have turned around also, and now linger awhile, before exiting the canyon |
 Our Tracker is still waiting for us on its knoll |
 I'm reunited with Gary, and Dad snaps a photo of us |
 The late afternoon light on Cottonwood Canyon Road, on our drive back to Kodachrome Basin |
 A skinny cow by the road, feeding on Rabbitbrush |
 Next morning - tantalizing glimpses of Red Canyon along the highway |
 More beautiful Red Canyon scenery. |
 After a restaurant lunch in Panguitch we say our goodbyes. |