"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

Underfoot, overlooking the Colorado River of Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah

United States, connecting the east and west side of 70 Freeway in Utah (Utah) note a small town, Green River (Green River) in the morning of the fifth day camping trip to the right. Just put a tent out today hit back at night to sleep in an extra day here. "... You should leave the tent Foot ... too easy to go you ~ ^ ^"

But, today, the entire journey is not perfectly round is not so. Departure from the Green River A, about 1 hour drive to Dead Horse Point State Park, stop by B, Canyonlands National Park in the morning C up to visit and come back to visit Arches National Park in the afternoon and the D just below the Tourist four cities ate dinner at the Moab E to return to camping plans. Go to the path shown in the map above 10,005 hours or so of running time is a very tight schedule.

 

UT (Utah) and Arizona (Arizona) to the east while the north and south of Monument Valley Yeux (Monument Valley), and run a little bit south of passing a 191 times, 313 times, when you turn right and climb the long red rock mountains. To do this, open meadow, and the State Park entrance sign informing comes out. Where horses are dead because ... I do not know yet how she died, the horse drawn picture of a fallen shape or placed upside down if you'd rather go after More like?

Admission $ 10 at the entrance to the State Park Visitor Center is going to be a pay off. Nice building, and looked well-organized park admission is not worth much.

Spacious Visitor Center, this place dead horses drawn state park souvenirs, as well as Utah's five national parks, including a variety of gift was, where the left and the stairs go up, where the terrain model and the various descriptions, etc. are also $ 10 Admission is worth every penny of the state park was not well made.

"You're a Bighorn Sheep, right?"

Walk behind the Visitor Center comes out, so that obscure the horizon prairie while invisible look at last reveals the red cliffs ...

Far away in Colorado (Colorado) river flowing vaguely looks like this. However, this seems something a bit shy while thinking Admission smoothly again -

Look in the State Park Map, Visitor Center marked the center of this park is not the end of the visit, in the south of the highlights of Dead Horse Point Overlook right. Shop, and drive south, the cliffs while both the right and left in less than 30m wide problem really 'Neck' is to go through.

100 years ago, the Broncos are just cowboys here grasslands in their place the narrow end of a cliff with trees and bush to prevent Neck embroidered and then picked out the useful words. Neck after the end of the film picked clearing trees which go down the mountain, which I have a cowboy bronco Just go stand will have all died of thirst. leisurely down to me while watching the Colorado River Dead Horse with ... sobbing ... poor ... T_T

When you walk to the end of the cliff and the railing is made so Observatory, which struck the guardrail around a vertical cliff that is really down, and the future ...

Be flowing meandering Colorado River Gorge aftershocks Mowers one hundred million years seems underfoot! Is about a state park entrance fee $ 10 is totally oblivious, let's ~ ^ ^ me under the white road is a canyon cliff in the middle of a relatively hard layers of White Rim and thus made off-road (off-road) driving course to Moab (Moab) Over here at the start, along the Colorado River and Green River Canyon Land National Park at the top of the road which is wrapped around the entire lap, bike or four wheel drive to run that way, it is referred to as the United States off-roader's dream. I wanted to run at once, shame it's not a 4WD is ...

"So, going to the river made the land-erosion so! English is called ..." "Dad, there are times pass!"

The couple dressed in patchwork leather pants (?) Which is a bike ride on the shape, coming off their fight to watch and what a bank ... ^ ^

Dead Horse Point State Park to come Canyonlands National Park spread on 1,800 m above sea level, leading to a stretch of grassland is the name of the road movie came out of the 'island floating in the sky' to remind 'Island in the Sky Road 'is. Well, I wonder what the end touches the sky?