Canyon Walls, Zion National Park

Canyon Walls, Zion National Park, Utah

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Sunset From Joshua Tree

Sunset from Joshua Tree National Monument

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This is the sun setting over the San Bernardino mountains, 

which hide L.A. from the desert - this was likely 

taken from a view I climbed up to in the
Jumbo Rocks area

Charlton McMillan, Joshua Tree

Charlton McMillan, Joshua Tree National Monument

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This rock has the perfect butt impressions for two to sit and enjoy the view, 

like it was place here by a cosmic sculptor

Willow Springs, Joshua Tree National Monument

Willow Springs, Joshua Tree National Monument

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The trail to this spring follows a dry creek bed, and is very tough

on your legs, like hiking five miles on a beach

Desert Terrain, Arizona

Desert Terrain

 near Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona

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Canyon Wall, Arches National Park

Rock wall at Arches National Park

This is caused by wind and water erosion

Primitive Camp, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

If you don't want to stay in the only campground at Organ Pipe Cactus

National Monument, in southern Arizona, which is a giant, treeless paved

parking lot for RV's, the rangers will send you to a dirt road that leads to

this awesome site in the middle of the desert.. this photo is from our campsite

There are no buildings like bathrooms and no water, so it's like camping out

ought to be: wilderness - just us and the coyotes

Desert Palms, California

These palm trees were in the middle of nowhere, in the 

California desert, obviously an irrigated farm, likely

using water from the Colorado River

Grandview Point, Canyonlands

View from Grandview Point, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

The river below is the Green River, which merges with

the Grand just south of this to create the Colorado

The Green River, which starts in the Wind Mtns of Wyoming, 

has a 70% larger drainage basin than the Colorado

The road on the right is the White Rim Trail, a 4-wheel

drive road that follows the edge of the canyon rim for over 40 miles

The green along the river are forests of Cottonwood trees

Bryce Canyon, Utah

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Taken from the grand view point, you can see trails winding through

the spires, called 'hoodoos' in this national park, they are unique to Bryce