Sunrise from our motel room in Arch Canyon Inn, Blanding, UT
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Selfie as I sit digesting breakfast, facing a mirror from my bed. The Dead Horse Canyon picture behind me has an Arch Canyon Inn sticker on it.
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Shortly after starting out, we leave U.S. highway 191 south for Beehive Ninety-five west.
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When the sign saus, turn right, and the road dives left.
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The road was cut into the cliff for a gentle descent, before we turn left and across the bottoms ahead.
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We stop at the Mule Canyon Interpretive Site, for a glimpse of living here a thousand years ago. Back before whatever pandemic depopulated the Americas mere generations before Europeans arrived.
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Climate controlled apartment from Roman times, but in the so called new world.
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Just some of the pretty rocks along the drive
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Naturla Bridges National Park Visitor's Center has a Dobsonian telescope, for all these dark nights. But we'll have moved on before nightfall.
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The first bridge we see in teh park is a bit undewhelming, after all the scenery along the drive. Moon for scale?
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Karen took a picture of me taking that picture. She doesn't like to get so close to the edge.
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Paths are marked with loose rocks, rather than solid railings. Darwinian?
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Karen following me down one of the trails. I still move like a goat. But her feet are not as adept. On our previous trip five years before, she always had to wait for me (chronic EBV fatigue). This time, I get to bound ahead.
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A turnabout picture. Karen says she can see just fine from there.
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Some arches are accessible via bouncy wrought iron stairs.
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And some stairs lead to ladders.
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Happily heading on down. Still looking down at treetops.
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Karen poses under a slight overhang as I take a panoramaof the view
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There's the arch proised at the trailhead. There are pockets of snow everywhere there is shade.
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Looking back toward the stairs. Parking is up at the top of that hill. I added an arrow to indicate the trailhead informational signs.
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Second arch of the day
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Karen points out something small swimming under the ice.
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Not a Trail, turn back. That dark edge is not a shadow; it's the edge.
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Another turnabout picture. That's as close as Karen came to the danger sign.
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Karen posing on the way back, under that looming overhang.
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Dramatic shot
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Evocative Pix from the day for social media posts.
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With one hand. I help Karen along. The other is on the shutter button. This is back to the other side of that arch.
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That's the trail, between those lines of rocks.
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Looking back at the arch, again.
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HooDoo! Hoodoo you think you're foolin'? ♫
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Heading down to Kachina Bridge, Dan discovers that he'd zipped his camera and water straps into his vest.Silly man.
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I don't know if this qualifies for the Death Stairs group on FaceBook.
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Karen poses as we prepare to descend to the Owachomo Bridge.
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For such a hazy day, the light looks promising down there
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I pause and Karen gets ahead of me.
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We contemplate how the park needs more support to maintain facilities. A handrail shouldn't bend to the ground.
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Getting closer to the Owachomo bridge.
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Obilgatory selfie with the Owachomo Bridge
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We clearly take ourselves seriously.
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I take a picture of the reflection in a puddle as Karen takes a picture of the bridge
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The picture Dan was taking is a panorama; left and right are each horizontal here.
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A vertical panorama. Karen is not actually hanging upside down.
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Some bridges are smaller than others
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Karen posing under the Owachomo bridge
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Karen often wonders what Dan is seeing. So, here is him and his sight.
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How many pictures do we need of Owachomo bridge?
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What does he see in there?
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Something is burrowing in the sand in this pothole.
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Karen bids adios to the Owachomo bridge
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Following our best guess at the path back to the trailhead
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Back up top. Whew.
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Peering at Bears Ears
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String cheese and pretzels for lunch.
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Scenic desert highways
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Roadside scenery
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Many textures ahead
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Another desert highway view
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Colorado river crossing ahead
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The Dirty Devil River valley
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Stopped at a scenic rest area with access to the Dirty Devil River.
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Figuring out where we are. The map is highlighted up to Natural Bridges.
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Just another scenic overlook, at two different focal lengths.
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You can see the bridge on which we crossed the Colorado from here.
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Getting darker in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
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A break in the clouds casts our shadow across the desert
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Late afternoon casts our car shadow on the roadside.
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A lateral stripe of sunlight across the road ahead
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Whispering Sands Motel, Hanksville, Utah
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Nov 13, 2022 Route of the day
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One of the little jiggles in the apparently direct route. Good scenery.
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