Grand staircase Escalante, Utah
Grand staircase Escalante, Utah
Your typist today – Mary
As I said yesterday, we left Arizona on Saturday and headed for Utah. Saturday afternoon, we hit one of our favorite parts of the state. The southern red rock desert. THIS, part of Utah we love!!! Before we started traveling full time we would go to the red rock desert quite frequently. We have favorite places to camp and hike all over the southern end of Utah. With the red rock desert calling us, and not really wanting to drive anymore, we pulled off and found a spot to camp for the night. Just outside Kanab, Utah is the Grand Staircase Escalante national monument. The area here is breathtaking to say the least.
We got set up, fed the dogs, and headed out for a walk and a wander through the desert. It’s not as warm as the Arizona desert, but the colors can’t be beat, and it was wonderful to be out wandering. The dogs especially loved it. Much to Torrey’s annoyance, I had to keep her on the leash. There were deer and rabbits all over and she kept wanting to chase them.
This looked like some kind of professional landscaping job. The yellow and the red rocks were perfectly groomed.
I have always loved these old gnarly juniper trees. They grow in such a cool twisty way.
This flower was new and different for me. In all our wanderings, I have never seen one like this before.
Roxy had to make sure everything was OK too.
By the time we got home, the full moon was coming up over the red bluffs. So beautiful!!
The next morning, the sun came up and hit the other red bluffs and lit everything up so beautifully.
We have always talked about having a little house in the red rock desert. This stop rekindled that whole idea. Somewhere to stop for a month or two in the Spring and Fall between art show seasons. I could look at this view and be very happy indeed.
Yes – that is a view worth waking up to in the morning :-)
How thoughtful of Mother Nature to get the area in order for your visit!
Just a stunning landscape. It kind of does look as if someone has kept it all neat and tidy. Have a terrific Tuesday.
Best wishes Molly
Ohhhh so beautiful! Hope you get your “little house” there!
yep its so colorful and grand in that part of Utah. You wouldn’t need a church to worship with the spiritual feeling you can get there.
WOW!!!!! Just wow! Absolutely stunning photos!!!! You are so right about those rocks, it does look like it has been all landscaped!
Some day, I would love to be able to see these things for myself. I think they are breathtaking just in photos, I couldn’t imagine seeing them for real. wow…
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The colors are so beautiful! I agree that would be an awesome view to look at everyday!
It certainly is gorgeous! There are some many places I would love to have “a little house”…..LOL!
it’s just beautiful. the colors are so striking.
I’m with Torrey, I’d be chasing those deer and rabbits too!
Gorgeous shot of the moon coming up. It is lovely to visit, but wouldn’t want to be there forever, probably why you move around a lot :)
Gorgeous desert photos ~ dogs must love their walk but not the leash ~ Utah is gorgeous vista ~ Happy Traveling ~ xxx
artmusedog and carol
So where are you guys settling? Jodi and I were just talking about where you guys were Sunday.
That is some amazing landscape – definitely don’t have anything remotely close to that around here! I can see why you like it.
Definitely gorgeous! So lucky that you guys get to visit and explore there.
Beautiful country and pictures! I am so looking forward to our drive out west for BlogPaws. I haven’t been further then Denver is ages and can’t wait for a change of scenery. What? Torrey wanted to chase rabbits? The Lady
Fantastic photos. You guys do travel fab places. Have a great and beautiful day.
The colors out there are absolutely amazing! Beautiful!! Enjoy yourselves…as I know you will!
That is a beautiful place.
What a beautiful place!! I can see why you love it.
Wow… how beautiful. This is a lovely and heartfelt post. I can feel your enjoyment of this place. I didn’t realize how much smaller Roxy is than Torrey. That photo really shows a difference. Thank you for taking us through the desert.. I do miss it.