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Zion, Utah |
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Zion amazed us with its rock formations - layers of compressed rock and sandstone that the Virgin River had eroded into a land of cliffs and plateaus. Our coolest hike on the entire trip was at Zion. We climbed to the top of Angel's Landing, up steep cliffs marked only by chains that we used to help pull ourselves along. |
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Typical sandstone at Zion |
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Top of Angel's Landing |
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Bryce Canyon, Utah |
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Bryce Canyon's hoodoos spread out in a staccato march across the countryside. Despite the cold weather, we were even more impressed with this landscape than Zion. Erosion continuously shapes hoodoos into every form imaginable. From the brilliant, orange rock to the hoodoo castles rising into the air, Bryce showed us a fantastical landscape rivaled only by the Badlands. |
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Overlook of Bryce Canyon |
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Hoodoos shaking hands |
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This is my favorite picture from Bryce, of the remains of a striped bristlecone pine set against the canyon. |
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Candycane Tree |
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