Each year, I try to make at least one photographic expedition to one of my favourite areas, the red rock country of northern Arizona and southern Utah. This past week, I was accompanied by two good friends, Barry Stewart and Bill McAdam on a four-day trek that included five specific destinations: Lee’s Ferry, Zion National…
Category: Utah
Canyonlands NP
Canyonlands National Park is located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. It preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. Legislation creating the park was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on September 12, 1964. The park is divided into four districts:…
Monument Valley
Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the Arizona-Utah state line, near the Four Corners area (intersection of the Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico state boundaries). The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S….
Arches NP
Last week, I traveled to Moab, Utah for a three-day photography safari. I was accompanied by friends and photographers, Barry Stewart and Bill McAdam. We visited two national parks in the area, the Arches and Canyonlands, both located close to Moab. We spent two days there before heading home, stopping over night at the Navaho…
Canyonlands NP
This is my second post on this national park in Utah. I visited there in 2011 with Howard Dingle on a trip home from Scottsdale, AZ. Again, I was on my way home, this time with Rolande and made an overnight stop at Moab, UT. I arose early for a photo tour with a local…