A photo from this location was used on the cover of a coffee table picture book about this region. My photo was taken before theirs.
Utah-1965
Utah-1965
Roger UlrichSandy and Roger were very active in travelling during 1965 and went to Canyonlands/Arches/Escalante. In our early camping we met with Dean Ewing who had a 4wd pickup with a camper enclosure. He was very familiar with the things to see and took us around to a number of sights: Petrographs, ruins and arches.
Dean Ewing with his 4WD pickup with camper enclosure.
A cliff dwelling well inside the overhanging cliff pocket.
Sandy coming out of a cliff dwelling.
Sandy visiting a cliff dwelling
Cliff dwelling
Sandy checking a kiln
Four faces west pictographs
A set of well done pictographs
Detail of one of the pictographs
All American Man pictograph. The chalk outline has been added recently
Three of the more famous rock towers in the area. The facing pinnacles on the two left structures are unique to this pair.
View of the Canyonlands structures
Sandy on the trail coming out of a side canyon
A dirt road in the Escalante area.
This is the San Juan river.
The pattern of the San Juan River and the sandstone structures can get very complicated.
The local tribe cultivates the canyons and maintains a variety of living spaces.
An example of dwellings used by the local tribe.
Small tree in bloom meshes well with the sandstone wall.
Major cliff dwelling.
Pictographs and the cliff dwelling
Spider rock butte from above
A herd of goats in an area with sandstone towers.
Overview of the Escalante/Waterpocket fold region
View of the region through a rock window.
Newspaper rock. Well decorated by the native groups passing this area on the trail here
The Needles area in the evening
A structure that looks like a camel
The road through Chestler Park in the Needles area
Hikers we did not know
Pictographs
Needles area towers. I was impressed by the thin tower in the middle of this photo.
Escalante sandstone structures. There is a slot canyon going through the photo.
Slot canyons among the pinnacles in the area
Needles area
Chestler Park with access road and needles
Overview of the Waterpocket Fold region
A high density of sculpted sandstone rocks and pinnacles.
Sandy in a recess below. The sandstone ceiling got very thin and left an open slot.
Needles
Needles from a modest distance
Towers and windows
Dean Ewing's camper on the road
Small waterfall from a spring
Unknown Arch
Landscape arch
Don't know the name of this arch
Switchbacks of the San Juan River
Overview of the San Juan River basin. Gooseneck structures in the foreground.
Region overview
Example of how the rivers cut through a hard layer and then create a series of shelf structures.
The hard layer/pinnacle combination
The Manti/La Sal mountains behind the canyons and pinnacles
Isolated pinnacles in front of the Manti/La Sal mountains
Sandy in front of Delicate Arch
Delicate Arch with evening lighting
Delicate Arch very near the base
Druid arch
Skull Arch
Desert landscape at sunset with sandstone bluffs
Weather in the mountains behind the desert with sandstone bluffs
Queen Nefertiti in the early evening
A slot canyon
Lichens on the sandstone
Major cliff dwelling
Cliff dwellings
Sandy exploring a cliff dwelling
Rio Grande railroad
Durango to Silverton train
The train followed the river closely
On the Durango/Silverton train
Refilling the water tank
Closer to the river
Ship Rock Colorado from a distance. This marked the end of our time in Utah.
