August 2006 - Green River, Utah, and Colorado Trip

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August 10, 2006 - Loveland Pass, Colorado. August 10, 2006 - Loveland Pass, Colorado. August 10, 2006 - Loveland Pass, Colorado.<br />Joyce, who doesn't want to miss anything, at the tarn to the west of the pass. August 10, 2006 - Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />View along Rim Rock Drive.<br />Prickly pear cactus. August 10, 2006 - Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />View along Rim Rock Drive. August 10, 2006 - Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />View along Rim Rock Drive.<br />Pinion pine. August 10, 2006 - Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />View along Rim Rock Drive. August 10, 2006 - Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />View along Rim Rock Drive. August 10, 2006 - Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />View along Rim Rock Drive.<br />The Colorado River and Book Range beyond. August 10, 2006 - Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />View along Rim Rock Drive. August 11, 2006 - Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />At the Gallery Bed and Breakfast.<br />A fence made of doors. August 11, 2006 - Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />At the Gallery Bed and Breakfast.<br />Damian Radice and Karen Folks, hosts, and Joyce. August 11, 2006 - Along UT-128 beside the Colorado River, Utah.<br />La Sal Mountains in the distance. August 12, 2006 - Moab, Utah.<br />Our cars and gear at Tex's River Ways, the guys who rented us canoes<br />and provided transportation to the Green River and from the Colorado. August 12, 2006 - Mineral Bottom, Green River (the river, not the town), Utah.<br />We had to walk down the switchbacks while the van carried our equipment and canoes.<br />If it had rained, we would not have been able to descend this road. August 12, 2006 - Mineral Bottom, Green River (the river, not the town), Utah.<br />Joyce and Melody at Mineral Bottom, the starting point of our adventure. August 12, 2006 - Day 1 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Heather and Brad, followed by Sati and Melody. August 12, 2006 - Day 1 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati and Melody. August 12, 2006 - Day 1 on the Green River, Utah.<br />All three canoes now drifting with Joyce, Sati, and Brad in the front seats. August 12, 2006 - Day 1 on the Green River, Utah.<br />We saw lots of great blue herons. August 12, 2006 - Day 1 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Melody, Joyce, Brad, and Sati holding a conference? August 12, 2006 - Day 1 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Another swimming break.<br />Melody. August 12, 2006 - Day 1 on the Green River, Utah. August 12, 2006 - Day 1 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Joyce's and my tent on the first night out. August 12, 2006 - Day 1 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Melody and Sati next to their tent. August 12, 2006 - Day 1 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Brad and Heather in the kitchen. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Early sun reflecting off the canyon cliffs. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Melody and Sati. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati and Melody. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />An Anasazi granary on the canyon wall. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Melody and Sati dwarfted by the landscape. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Heather and Brad arriving at our 2nd night's stop.<br />The protruding rock will become our kitchen. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Melody taking a mud bath. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />A walk around the base of Turks Head. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />A walk around the base of Turks Head.<br />View of the river from above our campsite. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />A walk around the base of Turks Head.<br />Turks head. August 13, 2006 - Day 2 on the Green River, Utah.<br />A walk around the base of Turks Head.<br />Brad and Sati and a portion of the river we canoed a few hours ago. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Our tent before packing it up. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />A female bighorn sheep. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati outdoes everyone. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati outdoes everyone. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati outdoes everyone. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati outdoes everyone. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati outdoes everyone.<br />Unfortunately, my camera's sequence shooting is good for 4 frames only. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati sneaks in another dive. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />The men have figured this out while the women photograph it (for blackmail?). August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati and Melody heading for the shade. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Lunch stop, and we did get unstuck from the mud. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Lunch stop.<br />Heather, Brad, Melody, Sati, and yours trully, who is taking a nap in the bushes. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati and Melody drifting by while enjoying some shade. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />The toilet setup for this campsite. August 14, 2006 - Day 3 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Joyce, Sati, Brad, and Heather listening to Melody read from Edward Abbey's "Desert Solitair". August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Sati and Melody at breakfast. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />A panorama of our campsite early in the morning.<br />(Scroll left and right to see the whole thing.) August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Brad and Heather at another jump in the river spot. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Joyce, Brad, Heather, Melody, and Sati heading up the Water Canyon,<br />a side canyon of the Green River. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />The Water Canyon lives up to its name. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Joyce, Melody, Heather, Sati, and Brad at lunch.<br />This is as far as we got into the Water Canyon, as it was very hot. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Water Canyon. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Joyce looking at some manmade walls in Water Canyon. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Joyce heading back to our canoes after a hike in Water Canyon. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />The mud or silt. Although we found lots of this, it was never unplesant. It felt clean.<br />Where the current was swift, the botton was generally sandy and firm. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Melody and Sati followed in the distance by Heather and Brad. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />The confluence of the Green River (coming in from the left) and the Colorado River. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Melody at the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers. August 15, 2006 - Day 4 on the Green River, Utah.<br />Melody and Sati. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah.<br />Great blue heron footprints. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah.<br />Our day 4 to day 5 campsite. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah.<br />Sati, Melody, and Joyce in the Green River water with the Colorado River Water in back.<br />The Green River was redder due to last nights prolonged thunderstorm with heavy rains. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah.<br />Our ride back to Moab. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah.<br />Sati and Melody on the boat. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah.<br />Now it's Joyce's and Egils' turn to sit in the front of the boat. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah.<br />Joyce and Melody. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah. August 16, 2006 - Day 5, now on the Colorado River, Utah.<br />The end of the river adventure. August 17, 2006 - Off route UT-313 on the way to Canyonlands National Park, Utah. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from the Neck area. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from the Neck area.<br />A raven's feather? August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from the Neck area. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook.<br />Utah juniper. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook.<br />Mormon tea. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook.<br />Joyce at White Rim Ovelook. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook.<br />The Colorado River. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook.<br />Juniper berries. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook.<br />Another Utah juniper. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Views from path to White Rim Overlook. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />At Grand View Point Overlook.<br />White Rim and Monument Basin (scroll to see the whole panorama). August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Egils and Joyce at Grand View Point (photo by Grant Grigorian with my camera). August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />At Grand View Point Overlook.<br />Candle Stick Tower. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />At Grand View Point Overlook. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />At Grand View Point Overlook. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Green River Overlook. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Green River Overlook.<br />Turks Head and our 2nd night's campsite are in the middle left. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />View from Aztec Butte. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Anasazi granary and Joyce at Aztec Butte. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Anasazi granary at Aztec Butte. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah<br />Anasazi granary at Aztec Butte. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Aztec Butte from the parking lot. August 17, 2006 - Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.<br />Upheaval Dome (or what's left of it) from first overlook.<br />Two theories: a meteor strike or salt that caused a dome and later melted causing its collapse. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />Park Avenue. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />Wolfe Ranch at the start of trail to Delicate Arch. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />Delicate Arch. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />View behind (to the north-east) Delicate Arch. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A pair of ravens overlooking Delicate Arch. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />Another view (relative to people) of Delicate Arch. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />View from path to/from Delicate Arch. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />Petroglyphs near the start of trail to Delicate Arch. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park.<br />Skull arch. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park.<br />Our guide demonstrating how to get through a tight place. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park.<br />Holes left in the wall of canyons due to water seepage. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park.<br />No one can figure out where the roots of this tree are. August 18, 2006 - Arches National Park, Utah.<br />A guided tour through Fiery Furnace, the coolest place in the park. August 19, 2006 - Near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />A female pronghorn. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />Approach to both Little Wild Horse and Bell Canyons in the San Rafael Swell. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />Joyce. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />Joyce. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />A minuscule toad. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />Joyce. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />Joyce next to the cottonwood tree whose footprint she traced. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />Bark of the cottonwood tree. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />Tracing the footprint. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />Tamarisk. August 19, 2006 - Little Wild Horse Canyon, near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />Tamarisk. August 19, 2006 - Near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. August 19, 2006 - Near Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.<br />A male pronghorn. August 20, 2006 - Lands End Area, Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado.<br />It is the largest flat top mountain in the world and exceeds 10,000 feet in elevation.<br />In this instance, almost to the base of the clouds. August 20, 2006 - Lands End, Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado.<br />We are almost at the base of the clouds.<br />Below is the Gunnison River just before it flows into the Colorado. August 20, 2006 - Lands End, Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado.<br />Golden mantled squirrel (and you thought it was a chipmunk). August 20, 2006 - Lands End, Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado.<br />Historic Ranger Observatory and visitor center. August 20, 2006 - Grand Mesa National Forest, near Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />The western edge of the Mesa and the Book Range beyond. August 20, 2006 - Grand Mesa National Forest, near Grand Junction, Colorado.<br />Cattle. Almost all big animals seem to like the road, apparently to lick it for salt. August 20, 2006 - Loveland Pass, highway US-6, Colorado. August 20, 2006 - Loveland Pass, highway US-6, Colorado.<br />Joyce at sunset. August 20, 2006 - Loveland Pass, highway US-6, Colorado.<br />View south at sunset. August 20, 2006 - Loveland Pass, highway US-6, Colorado. August 21, 2006 - Berthoud Pass on highway US-40, Colorado.<br />20 years later, Joyce (and I) are here again. August 21, 2006 - Kawuneeche Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />A female moose. August 21, 2006 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />We did a short hike up Alpine Ridge Trail but had to hurry back due to a thunderstorm. August 21, 2006 - Gore Range Overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />Our rental car after the thunderstorm and hail. August 21, 2006 - Gore Ridge Overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />After the thunderstorm and hail. August 21, 2006 - Lava Cliffs Overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. August 21, 2006 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />Alpine meadow. August 21, 2006 - Rock Cut, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. August 21, 2006 - Rock Cut, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. August 21, 2006 - Rock Cut, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. August 21, 2006 - Rock Cut, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. August 21, 2006 - Rock Cut, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />Egils in the breeze. August 21, 2006 - Rock Cut, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />Gorge Lakes. August 21, 2006 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. August 21, 2006 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />A pika. August 21, 2006 - Rainbow Curve Overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />Chipmunks. August 21, 2006 - Rainbow Curve Overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />Chipmunk. August 21, 2006 - Rainbow Curve Overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />Marmot. August 21, 2006 - Rainbow Curve Overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. August 21, 2006 - Estes Park, Colorado.<br />Female elk. August 22, 2006 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />Coyote near West Horshoe Park. August 22, 2006 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.<br />Elk along road to Endovalley. August 22, 2006 - Benson Sculpture Park, Loveland, Colorado.<br />Carla Knight, "Rice Ritual", bronze. August 22, 2006 - Benson Sculpture Park, Loveland, Colorado.<br />Carla Knight, "Rice Ritual", bronze. August 22, 2006 - Loveland, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Thompson Park, Loveland, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Across the street from Thompson Park, Loveland, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Red Rocks Trading Post at the Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Mount Evans, Colorado.<br />A female bighorn sheep. August 22, 2006 - Mount Evans, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Mount Evans, Colorado.<br />Mountain goat. August 22, 2006 - Mount Evans, Colorado.<br />Marmot. August 22, 2006 - Mount Evans, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Mount Evans, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Mount Evans, Colorado. August 22, 2006 - Mount Evans, Colorado.