Four Corners

The Grand Canyon

September 1, 2009
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Capitol Reef

August 29, 2009

Capitol Reef was the last national park full of big rocks that we visited on this trip. We arrived in Torrey, UT, the evening before, and had a memorable dinner at Café Diablo – five-star cuisine in a one-horse town (good wine list, too – we had an excellent bottle of Malbec at a very [...]

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Petrified Forest

August 27, 2009
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Colorado River Gorge

August 24, 2009

On the way from I-70 to Monument Valley, you can take this stunning drive.

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-08-16: CO, UT, AZ, Las Vegas

August 16, 2009

^ the Colorado river gorge, long before it reaches the Grand Canyon. Enrico going to lay down his burdens, presumably. Guy in the next booth at dennys going into great detail about the position of his mailbox. Country life. I feel out of place with my iPhone # Still don’t have twitpic set up right [...]

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Devil’s Garden, Escalante

August 15, 2009

Escalante National Monument seems nearly deserted in comparison with its more famous siblings such as Bryce and Zion. But it’s worth the visit for gems such as the Devil’s Garden: 12 miles down a dirt road, you have your own private wonderland of arches, mushroom rocks, and slickrock to climb on.

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Zion

August 14, 2009

These Thai women were monopolizing the scenic rocks. Their counting “neung, song, sam…” brought back childhood Thai lessons at the International School in Bangkok. I can still count to ten in Thai!

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Monument Valley

August 13, 2009

^ dunno who this kid was, except that he was French, but he made me a great picture

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Arches National Park

August 9, 2009

Underside of Turret Arch

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