Greetings from the Great Vistas of the Land of Canyons!

(Buck Canyon and the White Rim, Canyonlands NP)

Recently we spent a day in Canyonlands National Park with a friend of ours. We visited the Island in the Sky region (the Northern half of the park).

It really was a land covered in canyons, mesas, buttes, and vistas.

This canyon looks like a dinosaur foot print. It is called Monument Basin:

Ruth and I had a great time. The weather was beautiful, and not very hot.

This was one thing I really wanted to see. It is called Upheaval Dome. Geologists are not sure weather this is a salt dome that has risen and the soft sandstone layers have eroded off, or if it is a meteor crater. Evidence seems to suggest both possibilities. It was impressive.

This is Mesa Arch with Ruth on top. The thing to note is that this arch sits on the edge of a thousand foot drop. How fun...

An odd landscape, a desert and snow capped peaks:

It was a good day and we had a lot of fun. The views were great and the weather was wonderful. This was a place that had a lot of character and very interesting landscapes.