I’m out in Utah this week, packing in about 15 days of adventure into 9, solo.
Yesterday, I went to the famous Arches Nat’l Monument and took some great photos that I’d like to share.
I hit the Arches at sunrise, before those crowds that Edward Abbey ominously warned us about showed up:
The world famous Delicate Arch:
Lots of stuff like this on the way in:
Delicate Arch from below:
Ute Pictographs:
There’s more photos here at a Photbucket album:
http://s131.photobucket.com/al…
So this afternoon, I’m off to backpack into the Canyonlands, then tomorrow up to a hotel in Beaver. Day after that, I’m attempting the 12,000+ foot Delano Peak (sleeping up there), then the next day a hike in Bryce, then back to Vegas, then home to VT. If I can get to a computer agin, I’ll give you another update, if not, I’ll have a bunch of great pics up when I get home.
Oh, imagine what Abbey would have had to say about Obama and the Democrats, especially on a day when they gave a big-ass-kick to health care reform and let the whispers out about more troops for Iraq.
I’m guessing that Old Ed would have dusted off this fine quote of his:
But quoting rabble-rousers like Abbey is much easier when they’re dead, huh?
It’s a start, though, JD. Because the last time you went West you went to bow at the Obama altar. Abbey — dead or alive — is a much better choice.
Enjoy your trip. And, please, come back radical.
In those brief intervals when Americans are not engaged in poisonous vitriol, one against the other; we cannot help but wax rhapsodic over the simple majesty of the land that it is our privilege to inhabit and our responsibility to preserve.
Guess that about says it all… but evening and sunrise photography out there in that canyon is on rival to almost any nature/geographic site…
and, it’s a dry heat….