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Escalante Grand Staircase
National Monument
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| Across the desert floor north of Hwy 89 between Cottonwood Canyon Road & Churchwells to the Wahweap Hoodoos |
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| Up the "impassible when wet" Cottonwood Canyon Road from Hwy 89 |
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| A brief morning hike in this gorgeous slot canyon... |
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| ...going into another slot, from the slot |
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| Next stop, Grosvenor's Arch |
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Another detour through Kodachrome State Park |
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a few from a previous visit at dusk... |
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Chimney Rock |
Shakespeare Arch |
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And back up Cottonwood Canyon Road, where cliffs of Bryce Canyon come into view |
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View from the road to Sheep Creek & Grand View Trail 66 |
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| The spectacular Burr Trail road from Boulder, UT (a hiker's heaven!) |
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Overlook view of 30 miles to the southern end of Capitol Reef |
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Another long washboard road, "Hole in the Rock", that leads to Lake Powell, with Grand beauties along the way like Devil's Garden at dawn. |
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Who's on the naming committee, by the way, to call this heavenly place evil? |
| Calf Creek Rec. Area, 6-mile RT hike to 126 ft waterfall, (see more Falls) | |||
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