We left Laramie Saturday morning and headed south over Rabbit Ears pass, arriving in Moab, Utah in time to drive into Arches National Park and take a walk. The following day we traveled through Monticello and on through Dry Valley, past Bears Ears NM and Natural Bridges NM, then Grand Staircase NM, spending the night in Escalante. Arrived at Bryce Canyon early enough to get morning light on the rock columns from Inspiration Point. We also visited Bryce Point before heading on to Zion NP. We were fortunate to be able to photograph the desert bighorn sheep in Zion. Drove on to Las Vegas and arrived at our hotel before dark yesterday. Today we drove out to Spring Mountain Ranch, a Nevada State Park, where we took a short walk and enjoyed an abundance of bird life. We then took the drive around Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Had a picnic lunch at Willow Springs and took a short walk to see the petroglyphs and pictographs. We looked for the wild burros and the desert tortoise with no luck. We did enjoy the landscape and vegetation, Joshua trees, teddy bear cactus, and mesquite. We especially enjoyed the shirt sleeve weather, and some fruit trees were already blooming at the Spring Mountain Ranch.
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