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Today, pictures from valued commenter Wag.
We took a recent Spring Break trip with our twins to Moab. Eastern Utah is an other worldly landscape of desert spires and arches, with two national parks (Arches and Canyonlands), as well as tremendous scenery managed by the BLM. I would highly recommend a visit. This land belongs to all of us, at least for now. Take advantage of it.
Taken on 2019-03-24 00:00:00
Colorado River Road
On our way in to Moab, we drove down the River Road along the Colorado River, and stopped for a hike at the Fischer Towers, a very scenic area with great hikes.
Taken on 2019-03-26 00:00:00
Arches National Park
Arches NP has one of the highest concentrations of sandstone arches in the world. Double Arch is a short walk from the parking lot. With careful framing, you can imagine that you’re the only person there.
Taken on 2019-03-26 00:00:00
Arches NP
Landscape Arch is the longest freestanding Arch in the world, stretching more than 290 feet from one end to the other.
Taken on 2019-03-27 00:00:00
BLM land near Moab
We did a guided canyoneering trip down a canyon outside Moab. Granery Canyon was a very special place. We hiked and rappelled for 8 hours, including a final rappel of over 200 feet. This photo is of a shorter rappel, but give a good flavor of the canyon.
Taken on 2019-03-27 00:00:00
BLM land outside Moab
At the base of Granery Canyon our guide showed us this panel of beautiful ancestral Pueblo Indian rock art. All in all, an amazing day
Thank you so much Wag, do send us more when you can.
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p.a.
Super stuff. And interesting how shots in b&w make one slow down and really consider the photo, like BinG’s ir work.
JPL
@p.a.: True. I have to admit that the one with the rope slowed me down also.
Barbara
I loved Moab. Great pictures.
Litlebritdifrnt
Alain, have you managed to recover previous submissions or do you need us to resubmit them. Please let me know.
BretH
Thanks for taking me somewhere special this gray morning.
HinTN
Alain – I have the same question as @Litlebritdifrnt: I never saw the “mega post” I sent you of pictures from the same area. Did you recover them?
HinTN
Also too, wag, these are beautiful photos of an amazing part of our world. Thanks for sharing. It sounds like a great trip.
arrieve
Agree about the black and white — stunning pics. Thanks for sharing.
debbie
All are beautiful, but I especially love the black and white photos. They are equal to any of the photos in the more than 20 years’ worth of Ansel Adams calendars I’ve stashed away.
StringOnAStick
Lovely photos wag. I’ve started spending time there on college spring breaks in the late 1970’s and have always loved it, but I never took as nice a B&W as your first shot, bravo! It really is a special place. Glad you got to enjoy some canyoneering, that’s become a love for us too.
HinTN
Love that blue sky behind Landscape. It was cloudy the day we were there.
Wag
Thanks all for the nice feedback. Much appreciated