Friday, May 7, 2010

National Parks Tour - Part III

From Bryce Canyon (National Parks Tour - Part II), we drove through Capitol Reef National Park and headed for Goblin Valley State Park. It's truly in the middle of nowhere, but if you happen to be driving through the middle of nowhere, you can't help but stop and play.
I don't know if it's bomb proof, but I'm sure this gas station will hold up in a storm as it's built right into the rock.
Now this looked dangerous, so I stopped and waited for the kid with no helmet to crash as he steered his mountain bike down the cliff. Fortunately for him, he didn't crash while I sat poised with the camera.
Here's the view of Goblin Valley. If you look close, you'll see some people standing on a hoodoo in the middle to provide some perspective.
Meanwhile, we headed off into the sunset...
...jumping from rock to rock...
...finding pigs atop hoodoos...
...people sitting on thrones...
...and Shayna riding a horse.
You don't need much of an imagination to see how the pig turned into a lizard atop the hoodoo as the sun set in the distance.
After hiking to the large white doom in the background of earlier pictures, we had a good view of the people below, wandering, running and hiding amidst the hoodoos...
...with snow capped mountains in the background...
...and a blurry leaping Joe.
Can you see the 3 people sitting on thrones? Too bad for the guy in the middle who had his head cut off and handed to him at his feet. Meanwhile, the guy on the left doesn't want to hear any of it and the lady on the right looks on contentedly.
Riding a turtle?...
...while Chris just looks on, making sure we don't get lost.
I should offer a reward for those you can correctly identify the green "stuff" that appeared on the railing as we ate our dinner. But I'm cheap, so I'll just tell you that it's stiff asparagus and there's a trash can just out of view of the camera. I don't have to explain the rest do I? Hopefully not because we had to pack up and head to Arches National Park where we would spend the next 1.5 days exploring!

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