Road trip 2017, Canyon Lands, USA
We took a 3 week road trip around the canyon lands of the southwest United States this fall to celebrate 25 years of marriage.
The weather couldn't have been better considering the trip was later in the season.
We left North Idaho on November 5th. There was snow on the ground at home, and the first day of driving was a little dicey with icy road conditions, but after that day we enjoyed an unseasonably warm weather pocket which has continued through the rest of the trip.
Today is the final day of driving. The sun is shining. The past 5000 miles have been restful and gratitude-filled.
Here are a few of the most beautiful places we visited. I hope you enjoy them!
All pictures were taken with my Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone, and are un-retouched. (These pictures are not shown in chronological order.)
Bryce Canyon, Utah
Bryce Canyon, Utah
A roadside rest stop in New Mexico
At the same rest stop
In Hatch, New Mexico
Moab, Utah sunset
New Mexico
Look closely to see the ancient petroglyphs at the base of the red rock! Capitol Reef, Utah
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Devil's Backbone,
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Bryce Canyon, Utah
Bryce Canyon, Utah
Bryce Canyon, Utah
A friendly crow at Bryce Canyon, Utah
Native American water jug
Zion National Park, Utah
Zion National Park, Utah
Zion National Park, Utah
Southern Idaho
Meridian, Idaho sunset
Thanks for reading! Cheers!
You can see additional pictures from this trip here
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Congradulations on your marriage. Twenty-five years, that is something special :) That place looks very beautiful!
It's very special, @daviddvn! Thanks! It was an amazing time, and very beautiful! Following you now. Cheers!
Great pics! The bluest of blue skies...no chemtrails...And, the last photo actually looked like a human 'entity'...
Does anyone see it?
Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks, @spiritualmatters! It was really amazing how blue the sky was at times, and I was thinking the same thing about not seeing any chemtrails. I was grateful for that. Thanks for the comment. Following you now! Cheers!
I notice chemtrails are most often in heavily-populated urban areas, which supports the theories associated with the 'dumbing down' particles.
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I like how you documented this trip, colors, and shots. Upvoted!
If you go, take a look at my blog, @mitneb!
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Congratulation, on your 25th marriage anniversary. :) Fantastic photography! Seems like you had fun. :)
Thanks very much, @firepower! It was a fantastic time with a wonderful person and my best friend! Thanks for the comment! Cheers!
I'm really very glad to know. I wish you both many more anniversaries to come. Keep having fun. :)
Thanks, @firepower! We started off the trip with a marriage enrichment intensive seminar in Austin, Texas. We had a great first 25 years, but a great marriage takes a lot of dedicated effort to maintain. We wanted to keep on our toes, and make the next 25 years even better than the first. We thought that the intensive would be a great start to the celebration trip, and it was! We actually got into a pretty bad vehicle accident on our third driving day, but everyone involved walked out of the Emergency Room after being checked out. After that little bit of not-fun we were especially grateful to be alive, and able to continue on the trip in a rental car- and have fun!
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Good to know that after all that, everything worked out fine. Thank you so much for sharing this.
God is Good, @firepower!
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seems that the crow is posing :) I guess it knew you are going to write an awesome post about it :)
Right!, @best-trip-eva! I could probably have gotten closer to him, but I started getting nervous about whether or not he might decide to jump on me or something. I didn't want to push his personal space bubble to much, lol. Thanks for the comment. You've got a great username! Following you now! Cheers!
following you as well :) See you around (:
Thanks for the follow back, @best-trip-eva!
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