Candyland

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Ready for another day in the desert

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What a backdrop

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A far off salt refinery

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Looking out over the rivers

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Many canyons

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Looking out over Dead horse point

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I hope this is called dead horse because of the horseshoe lake

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He’s a maniac, or a monkey

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Billy goat in the top left

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Looking for arches in Canyonland

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So much sandstone

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Canyons leading into the Colorado River

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The Mesa arch

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I see why they call it Canyonlands

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Jonny looking for some butte

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Old Native American grainy

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Built directly into the rock

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“THE PRECIOUS”

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From the trail these granaries are completely invisible.

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That’s a big butte

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The view from atop the butte

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Canyons under the clouds

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On the other side a desert meadow

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A single ray of sunshine

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Justin on top of whale rick

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Another lonely desert road

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We found some stairs

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This look like a natural rock formation

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On the edges of the Upheaval Dome

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Another billy goat

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Another arch in Canyonland (albeit a small on)

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Island in the sky

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Pride rock!

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Time for a selfie?

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Justin takes a photo

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To me, this is a Kaiju footprint

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Breathtaking

 

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Simba, all that the light touches is our kingdom

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Canyonlands is saying goodnight

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Goodnight Canyonlands

2 thoughts on “Candyland

  1. Mel & Suan says:

    Ah dead horse point and canyon land NP….we reminisce the days…
    Eh actually it is true that a pack of horses died at the point they named that way. The horses were trapped for some reason we cannot recall according to the ranger.

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