Southwest Trip -- May 3-19, 2002

^{This hike is rated 5 boots out of 5 on the Hiking Boot-o-meter.}

^{Veni, vidi, vomiti.}

The kids head out on yet another adventure...

Heading east on I-70 across Utah

We finally made it to Arches National Park

Hiking out to Tower Arch

Our tribute to Arches

The Tower and the Arch

Delicate Arch

The Island-in-the-Sky District of Canyonlands National Park - here we are at the start of the ill-fated hike down to the Green River and around Upheaval Dome

We slept on the sandy shore of the Green River - this is the view from the tent shortly after sunrise

Tent, Sweet Tent

Morning on the banks of Green River

This is when we should have been getting an early start for the hike out of the canyon

The 'trail' back up to civilization

The obligatory visit to booming downtown Cisco, Utah

Looking from Island-in-the-Sky across to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park

Newspaper Rock petroglyphs

Hiking in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park

Zuni flute player at the Edge of the Cedars State Park in Blanding.  

Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly

Monument Valley

The Goosenecks of the San Juan River just outside of Mexican Hat

It took 2 days to clean the car after we got home

The Mokie Dugway  - the backroad from Mexican Hat to Natural Bridges National Monument

Hiking at Natural Bridges National Monument

The Burr Trail from Bullfrog to Boulder and then to Capitol Reef National Park

Hiking up Spring Canyon in Capitol Reef National Park

Hiking up to Navajo Knob

Sue atop Navajo Knob

Looking across to Cohab Canyon - fins to the left, fins to the right...