Bryce Canyon

 

Bryce Canyon National Park is known for its red "hoodoos" or spire-shaped rock formations.  It has several scenic overlooks and many hiking trails into the canyon.

Near Panguitch Utah

Temple Square

 

Temple Square, a 10-acre complex of church facilities owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Salt Lake City, Utah

Calf Creek Falls

 

It's a 6-mile (round trip) hike to get to the falls and back but as you can see, it's worth the walk.  It's located in the Escalante Nation Forest between the towns of Escalante and Boulder Utah

Checkerboard Mesa

 

Checkerboard Mesa in Zion National Park

Zion National Park, Southern Utah

Monument Valley

 Monument Valley is known for it's towering sandstone buttes and red sand. It is part of the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.  

On the Arizona and Utah border.

Zion National Park

Checkerboard Mesa, Zion National Park

Utah

 

Scenes from Utah

 

The state of Utah is located just north of Arizona and like Arizona it has a variety of beautiful landscapes to enjoy.  Above is Checkerboard Mountain located inside Zions National Park.

All of these  photos are scanned from prints taken years ago.  Some didn't scan all that well but this one turned out perfect.  This photo was taken at a lake by a campground.  There was a great sunset that night.

Another beautiful spot in Utah is Bryce Canyon National Park.  This is a spectacular place full of crimson rock formations called hoodoos.  The formations roll out in front of you as far as the eye can see.

In Salt Lake City, many people stop to visit the grounds of the headquarters for the Mormon Church.  The temple is the center piece of formal grounds.

This last photo comes from a small town in southern Utah called Cedar City.  This little town is home to the Utah Shakespeare Festival with a series of plays running all summer long.  I used to go every year but I haven't been in quite a while.  The productions are always top notch.  

The state of Utah has a lot to offer the visitor.  

Hoodoos

Bryce Canyon in southern Utah is a spectacular place full of "hoodoos" as they are called.  A hoodoo is an odd shaped pillar of rock left standing after the forces of erosion.  There are hoodoos all over the world in different places but Bryce is by far the largest concentration of this land formation.  The Bryce Canyon web site describes the place as "hoodoo-iferous".

Calf Creek Falls

In southern Utah there is a wide area called the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.  Within that area you will find a place called the Calf Creek Recreation Area.  You can camp there right next to a cool, gurgling creek.  But, the real adventure begins when you take the 5 1/2 mile round-trip hike to see the Calf Creek Falls.  I will admit that about half way there you might be wondering if the hike will be worth it but, when the trail opens up to this wonderful oasis, you know it's been well worth the long walk.

I haven't been to this place in many, many years.  I'd love to go back and get some new digital photos.  For today, I had to make do with this twenty year old, scanned photo.