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Coast to coast: Utah (album 5)

Monticello UT through Cedar City UT

       
    
    
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A typical afternoon storm in the Rockies
1 A typical afternoon storm in the Roc…
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US-666 has been recently renamed US-491
2 US-666 has been recently renamed US-…
 
Abajo Mountains.  Notice the barely visible old road.
3 Abajo Mountains. Notice the barely …
 
Old US-191 between Monticello and Blanding, Utah
4 Old US-191 between Monticello and Bl…
 
Riding into Utah's wonderland
5 Riding into Utah's wonderland
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A magnificent wrinkle in Earth's crust
6 A magnificent wrinkle in Earth's cru…
 
First roadside cactus -- harbinger of deserts to come
7 First roadside cactus -- harbinger o…
 
Riding down White Canyon toward Glen Canyon
8 Riding down White Canyon toward Glen…
 
White Canyon (notice river below)
9 White Canyon (notice river below)
 
Henry Mountains and Glen Canyon ahead
10 Henry Mountains and Glen Canyon ahea…
 
Typical cloud of the West -- a mountain!
11 Typical cloud of the West -- a mount…
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First of three bridges in Glen Canyon near Hite UT
12 First of three bridges in Glen Canyo…
 
View from bridge; the stream is barely visible 100 m below
13 View from bridge; the stream is bare…
 
Hot desert; the final approach to Glen Canyon, Hite, the Colorado, and Lake Powell
14 Hot desert; the final approach to Gl…
 
Colorado River and Lake Powell in the morning
15 Colorado River and Lake Powell in th…
 
North Wash Canyon -- view north
16 North Wash Canyon -- view north
 
North Wash Canyon -- view south
17 North Wash Canyon -- view south
 
North Wash Canyon (leaving Glen Canyon, on the way to Hanksville UT)
18 North Wash Canyon (leaving Glen Cany…
 
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19 IMG 2348
 
UT route 95 through desert on the way to Hanksville UT
20 UT route 95 through desert on the wa…
 
UT-95 between Hite UT and Hanksville UT; desert
21 UT-95 between Hite UT and Hanksville…
 
With Aliona Nesterov (my homie from Chisinau Moldova) in Hanksville UT!
22 With Aliona Nesterov (my homie from …
 
UT-24 between Hanksville and Canyon Reef N. P.
23 UT-24 between Hanksville and Canyon …
 
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24 IMG 2357
 
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25 IMG 2358
 
Blind hail !!!  (I had never seen one before)
26 Blind hail !!! (I had never seen on…
 
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27 IMG 2362
 
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28 IMG 2365
 
Capitol Reef National Park
29 Capitol Reef National Park
 
In Capitol Reef National Park
30 In Capitol Reef National Park
 
Peaches in Capitol Reef -- yummy!
31 Peaches in Capitol Reef -- yummy!
 
At the Capitol Reef National Park visitor center
32 At the Capitol Reef National Park vi…
 
With Capitol Reef ranger Nancy Feldman
33 With Capitol Reef ranger Nancy Feldm…
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Wow, we used to own a mug with this same exact picture 20 years ago in Moldova
34 Wow, we used to own a mug with this …
 
On the rim of Aquarius Plateau -- the hardest climb of the whole trip (UT route 12)
35 On the rim of Aquarius Plateau -- th…
 
The Hogback (UT-12 in Grand Staircase Nat. Monument near Boulder UT)
36 The Hogback (UT-12 in Grand Staircas…
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Grand Staircase National Monument (near Boulder UT)
37 Grand Staircase National Monument (n…
 
This needs no comment!
38 This needs no comment!
 
Escalante River gorge; I just rode up from there
39 Escalante River gorge; I just rode u…
 
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40 IMG 2400
 
Grand Staircase N. M.; the most intricate series of switchbacks ever
41 Grand Staircase N. M.; the most intr…
 
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42 IMG 2406
 
The Escalante Outfitters house; we camped on the porch
43 The Escalante Outfitters house; we c…
 
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44 IMG 2412
 
The "fort" near Cannonville UT (route UT-12)
45 The "fort" near Cannonville UT (rout…
 
Bryce Canyon National Park
46 Bryce Canyon National Park
 
No comment :-)
47 No comment :-)
 
Red Canyon
48 Red Canyon
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