“Going to the mountains is going home” – John Muir
Kolob Canyon is a portion of Zion National Park that is north of the commonly visited portion and accessed off of I-15. It is spectacular, and has only a fraction of the visitors that the southern portion receives. The Double Alcove Arch is found here.
The latest breeding bird survey for Ontario (2001-2005) shows that the Merlin has been moving south as a breeding species. As the BBS Atlas notes, in part this is due to increased breeding in urban areas, something it has done in the prairies for many years.
The image and video are of an adult bird from Cambridge where a pair successfully raised four young.
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better” – Albert Einstein
The pink sand is created by a notch through the Moquith and Moccasin mountains which the wind funnels through with eroded particles of Navajo Sandstone. On the downside for this user is the high number of noisy ATV which use the park.
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better” – Albert Einstein
Cedar Breaks National Monument includes a vast bowl shaped area of spectacular pink rock formations. It also includes large mountain meadows which can contain grasses and wildflowers.
“Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter” -Ansel Adams
Zion National Park was created in 1918, and it was one of the gems of the U.S. Park system. It includes the Zion Canyon, cut out of the towering Navajo Sandstone by the Virgin River. An efficent shuttle system moves visitors about. It is worth a trip at all times of the year, our October 2006 trip was a particulrily colorful time.
For a Gallery of Zion Images click on the following link
“Rain, rain, and sun! a rainbow in the sky!” – Lord Alfred Tennyson
Wilson’s Arch may be the most easily accessible arch in Utah, in fact you don’t need to leave your car to view it. It can be found on Highway 191, a few miles south of Moab in Utah.
My first bird video is above. I got a Canon HV20 for a family wedding, and of course I had to video some birds with it. I suspect Spielberg doesn’t feel threatened. (more…)
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better” – Albert Einstein
Goosenecks State Park near Mexican Hat, Utah has a long bend in the San Juan river and shows off the various strata cut by it. It was a very quiet and peaceful place to visit, a good place for a leisurely picnic lunch.
“Of calling shapes, and beck’ning shadows dire,
And airy tongues that syllable men’s names.”
- John Milton
Goblin Valley in central Utah is a large collection of mushroom shaped hoodoos. You can walk among the formations and children love the place.
“Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization” – George Bernard Shaw
If you are heading for the needles section of Canyonlsands NP , south of Moab, Utah, you will access it by State Route 211. On the way you will come to the Newspaper Rock State Historical Monument. It features a flat rock with a large number of petroglyphs. There is some uncertainty over the ages of these markings, and the reason for this high concentration is unclear.
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