"There is no more Canyon!" Wasteland of giant canyons - Canyonlands National Park of Utah

Grand Canyon is grandeur on the eyes like, Bryce Canyon (Bryce Canyon) did not like the delicate beauty found here in southeastern Utah Canyonlands National Park is perhaps that both, or even more In this obvious hiding place. Because, this is where the time and four-wheel drive (four-wheel drive) car, and the courage required canyon wilderness, 'the land of the unknown' because it was.

1,800 m above sea level, stretches of grassland which runs on 'Island in the Sky Road' next to the sign announcing the entrance of the National Park stand. Relatively recently, in 1964, Canyon lands National Park (Canyonlands) is so well known, only about 100,000 people a year should not have visitors, it is also close to the northeast of the famous Arches (Arches) national park while people take time to come If you hear a lot of thanks. Visitors less $ 10 entry fee which is cheaper than anywhere else, even as this day is Father's Day (Father's Day) 'weekend admission he did not receive.

After coming out of the entrance to the little rustic past the Visitor Center at 10:00 am I arrive, keep the weather is a bit cloudy Oh rest. However, the signs 'ISLAND IN THE SKY' to be called Visitor Center. At this point, the first is a huge map of the park to look at the whole picture ...

The western United States Utah (Utah) in southeastern Colorado caution (Colorado) River and Green (Green), where the confluence of the River Canyon lands National Park, as shown on the map inside ₩ 0 because there is no road crossing the river three areas are 'y' shaped completely separated from the river. Thus, where the confluence of the Colorado River downstream from the falls, travel to the western United States in 2005 stopped by the Glen Canyon (Glen Canyon) National Recreation Area and the famous Grand Canyon National Park, Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam in (Lake Mead) National Recreation Area is a river that So in turn leads to.

Looking inside the park Visitor Center Trail models explain quite a lot of people, including my grandfather was a Ranger. The right of the photo to visit his wife and daughter stamp commemorating National Park Take a notebook after having received the Junior Ranger booklet that came out again. Back to the first step on the car, in the park on the green circle on the map to the left Upheaval Dome trail is marked visited.

Upheaval Dome is well above the white aerial photographs of the rock in the middle like a 5km radius of concentric circles around the earth is made of wavy terrain which is a very unique, strata, as the name 'catastrophe (upheaval)' It was never clear to produce, but the direct cause of cataclysmic explosion took place in the ground, or whether a meteorite from outer space and that it is still unclear whether the crash. Photos in the parking lot on the left side to pull the end of the road, the edge of a cliff overlooking the white rocks, but trying to walk, it takes about an hour round trip to see the guide just came out back, so browsing the internet instead of aerial photographs it ... ^ ^

Gush back in the Willow Flat Campground near the intersection of the road at the end of the fall came to Green River Overlook. 6,000 feet above sea level, so that the end of the 1,830 m walk in here, we are standing on a cliff 400m of height is given, and the down ...

Only the white border on white rims (White Rim) to the flat land and back to the bottom of the canyon below 300m depth, flowing green (Green) River is seen. The feeling is literally floating in the sky island (island in the sky) 'in the sky looking down at the ground just the genus was that!

Best pavement in the south end of Grand View Point Trail walk is all seen two 270-degree view of the river is where the out. By the way, who walk in front of the bridge is 4-fold cartoon SpongeBob appearing on Squidward (Korea were "Squidward") reminds me of that ... ^ ^

As with the earlier short walk down the cliff cliffs again, this time the Colorado River (Colorado) river changed. Along the edge of the White Rim, off-road (off-road) bike or four-wheel drive vehicles that are around in the dirt road seems to have been created.

"Come here, so please take the cliff -" Standing on a cliff without railings pictures of people ask ...

My wife and daughter - who are so brave to pose much comes out, I go a little further back while ... ^ ^

Protruding end of that go away, looked to the right beyond the green strength, here is it takes about an hour round trip just to back. I first look back parking lot I took turns, holding wisdom Junior Ranger booklet shouts. "Dad, wait ~ WAIT!"

We're going back to the Visitor Center in a hurry where we had one, right next to the intersection of the Mesa Arch (Mesa Arch) of the appearance. Las Vegas City Center enough to have a personal exhibition of the famous American landscape photographer rough Rodney (Rodney Lough Jr.) Of the above works, "Desire" is widely known as the flat top of the arch at the end of a cliff, just great "stone bridge" is created known for the. In particular, in recognition of the work they are popular places to take pictures at sunrise, which detect the image so I can see the various sunrise photos.

To get back to the Visitor Center, with its muddy dirt road is clear Rocking Toyota (Toyota) of the four-wheel-drive Matrix S stands in the parking lot. This car runs right down to the White Rim Visitor Center here has been straight, then put behind the wheel of the Shafer Trail is just under way ...

400m high cliffs made of a low-stake staggered down the dirt road behind the wheel is indeed what happens in a person? So, here's Canyon Land is the time and the place where four-wheel drive car, not challenging the 'container' is said to be the first time where you need it. (Where the visitor center down the road from the entrance to go up a little bit, which is also heard, because it spreads the pictures came from the Internet)

Junior Ranger Visitor Center challenges the wisdom of one grandmother who was described to me with the Rangers, medium sweet and took pictures together. So a little more than two hours Canyonlands National Park, it is also 1.3 million "scratch the surface" is over, and started to Arches National Park