Nevada, Utah, Northern Arizona, and ColoradoNevada, Utah, Northern Arizona, and Colorado
These photos tell the story of my trip in 1999 through one of the most
amazing parts of the world. The trip began with a stay at
Burning Man 1999, in the desert in
northern Nevada.
It's a good idea to have an RV at Burning Man, and once I rent the RV, I've
tended to continue on with it to explore other parts of the west. In 1999
I took advantage of a deal from Cruise America RV Rentals. They offered the
RV rental at half price if you took it eastward, one-way in the fall. They
want to move their RV fleet from the west in the summer to the east and
south in the winter. However, the experience turned out to be quite
negative due to poor quality of the RV. I can't recommend Cruise America,
even at half price.
This trip began at Black Rock City and crossed Nevada on highway 50 to
reach Great Basin National Park. From there we drove into Utah.
Southern Utah (with northern Arizona) is a contender for the title of
most spectacular place in the world. Stark, beautiful and colourful, if the
wonders or erosion and geology are your thing, this the place for you.
There are five national parks in southern Utah, all remarkably different,
plus the Grand Canyon in Arizona, the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
containing Lake Powell, and the Monument Valley Navajo tribal park. On top
of that are several other amazing national monuments and state parks.
Our trip in Utah started at Zion, then dipped down to the north rim of
the Grand Canyon. From there past the Vermilion cliffs to Glen Canyon
Dam and Lake Powell, then back to the astounding Bryce Canyon National
Park. The road leads on from their through Capitol Reef National Park
and on to Moab, which adjoins both Arches National Park and Canyonlands
National Park.
After Canyonlands we took route 666 into Colorado and the San Juan Mountains,
crossed to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument (now Park), over
Monarch Pass and into Rocky Mountain National Park. From there we cruised
to Denver for the flight home.
On these pages are the best of my photos of this excursion. However
be sure to also check out:
- A large map of our path through Utah & Colorado
- Burning Man 99 -- the start of this journey.
- Lake Powell -- the return to Lake Powell,
including a visit to Antelope Canyon, Monument Valley, Goosenecks state
park and Painted Desert/Petrified Forest National Park.
- My Panorama Pages where you will find links
to pages of panoramic photographs (my specialty) for all these
destinations.
