Western Trip 2015 - Bryce Canyon National Park

I found a couple of photos of note on my phone.....so back up a day to Borger, Tx. 

Outside the hotel, I saw this HUGE thing on a trailer.....I was puzzled, but Duane immediately recognized it as a single blade for one of the windmills we'd seen flying over the plains.

And, apparently, I had captured a shot of the "twin Mooney's".....

OK, back to Kanab, UT.  I promise not to put many "food photos" up here.....my sis would enjoy this area - at the Rockin' V restaurant, I found several vegan alternatives.  This was a fresh made black bean/avocado  burger with a vegan sauce.  Really, really good!

The two Mooney's arrived Kanab early in the afternoon.  Cecil and Carolyn were to arrive later in the evening, so we decided to go for a short hike in a nearby canyon.  Pretty, but very warm in the late afternoon sun!!

The next morning we set out for our first National Park for some hiking.  Bryce Canyon!

Beautiful hike down into the canyons among the "hoo-doos" (the rock spires you see in the background).

Enjoy - amazing views...

Cecil and Carolyn

My try at a "selfie"

More views....

Cool opening in the rock - our gang in the shadows.

Resting logs under a stone overhang.  Dick and Lindy

Cecil and Carolyn.

Duane ahead on the trail.

Cecil and Carolyn taking a little rest on an uphill climb.

Just beautiful!

Can't believe I got Duane to stand still so often!!

Dick and Lindy

Cecil and Carolyn

Dick and Lindy

A long day in a beautiful place!

North Rim of the Grand Canyon tomorrow!

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Western trip 2015

Next time we take a trip, I may decide to lug my computer along.....there are a LOT of things that just don't work with only a phone or iPad!   I must admit, though, that it was handy just toting my small little bag of "valuables" without worrying about a computer bag also!

I won't draw this trip out too much....but it's a pain to upload too many photos at once.  I'll do a couple of days at a time.

Morning departure from Eagles Landing  a few minutes after Dick and Lindy - first flight leg was about 4 hours.   Flew over a cloud layer.  These are the mountains around Asheville poking up thru the clouds.

 I wasn't paying much attention as the hours droned.....I looked down and thought that this must be the Mississippi.....but I believe it was actually the Ohio River.

This was really the Mississippi....

Stopped at a great little airport for fuel and lunch.  They had great fuel prices and cheerfully loaned us their car for a quick lunch.

Leaving Kennett - nice clear air!

Little oil wells - each one of the "light spots" is an oil well.  They were dotted all over the place.  No houses or anything else nearby.

Starting to get some interesting terrain over Oklahoma near the Texas panhandle.

Stopped for the night after over 8 hours of lying in Borger, Texas.   Convenient little town with an almost identical crew car!

Forgot to snap a photo of the "twin Mooney's".....but you know what they look like!

Neat "crop circles" where they are irrigating.

Mountains approaching Albuquerque.

Terrain really starting to look "alien".

 Canyon de Chelly National Monument.  Beautiful from the air!

Approaching Lake Powell.

Passing Page, Arizona towards Kanab, Utah...our stop for the next few days.

Almost to Kanab, Utah with the red rock canyons in the foreground  - we'll stay here for the next few nights to tour some National Parks!

Southwest!

Just a sneak preview....I won't be able to post the 1752 photos taken so far until late in the week.....just kidding about posting all of them...

Arches National Park

Lake Powell from the air

Bryce Canyon 

Grand Canyon North Rim Canyon

Zion National Park