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| We started out at Arches National Park, where
we did some cool hikes. |
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| The boys did really well - hiking for long
stretches in a rather hot climate. In a lot of ways, southern Utah
reminds us of Israel. |
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If Mark's the talker, Luke is the
walker. We all had trouble catching up. Watch out future
IBEX groups! |
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| One of the park's main attractions is
Delicate Arch. It's so remarkable it's on the state license
plates. We of course didn't have a clue; we just wanted to hike
some where and it said this was beautiful at sunset. (Notice the
people at the bottom.) |
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Luke and I did the hike together. It's
a trip we'll remember a long time (and not for bad reasons; just an
experience). I juxtapose these two pictures like this because I
really wanted the Luke shot, but you needed to see the arch in
perspective also. |
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| The next day we went to Canyonlands National
Park. It's a very beautiful park as well, but would be better with
10+ year old boys and a week for hiking. This is Mesa Arch. |
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Here we sit in front of Mesa Arch. If
Todd looks nervous that's because there's a sheer drop of about
934,293,325 feet right behind them. |
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| Here's a couple of scenic
shots. Todd easily got enough beautiful pictures to make a great
calendar. Of the 40 states he's visited, Todd considers Utah the
most beautiful. |
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| On the way home (insert Lake Powell trip in
between Canyonlands and Bryce), we visited a couple of other national
parks (it just so happened to be "free" weekend, thanks to Mr.
Bush, so we saved $40 also.) This is Bryce Canyon. You need
to see this. |
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Here we are. It was quite an
adventurous day, we could add. In one day alone, we were 1) at
Lake Powell, 2) visited three national parks (Capitol Reef, Bryce,
Zion), 3) drove through one national monument (Grand Staircase Escalante),
4) drove on every kind of road, paved or not, 5) toured a couple of
Nevada cities, late at night, including Vegas (no room in the inn), and
6) drove home (well, that was technically another day). |
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| The boys got tired of looking at hodoos
(those spire-looking things at Bryce) and started climbing the fence. |
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This is Zion. Very beautiful
park. Not much time to see it on this day unfortunately. |
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