Some Drives round the Western
USA,
mostly from 1993 to 1996 in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming and
Idaho.
|
We were in Salt Lake City on and off
from 1993 to 1996. In May 1993 we visited Bryce Canyon, Kanab, Lake Powel, the Grand Canyon north rim, Zion National Park and Las Vegas. In June 1993 we drove north and stopped at Bear Lake Idaho, Etna and Jackson Wyoming, Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park. Also went to Dinosaur National Monument, Flaming Gorge and Green River Wyoming. And also drove south-east to Arches National Park, Dead Horse Point, Hovenweep ancient ruins, Four Corners where Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado meet, Monument Valley, Goosenecks State Park, Natural Bridges National Monument and Glen Canyon. In May 1995 we had a look at the Great Salt Lake and Park City up in the mountains. In February 1996 we drove south-east again to Loa, Capitol Reef National Park and Mesa Verde ancient ruins in Colorado, and drove back through Cortez, Dunton, Lizard Head Pass, Telluride and Grand Junction. In March 2002 we were in Boulder Colorado and visited Denver, Central City and Georgetown (see our drives round the Eastern USA for pictures). Also, way back in February and July 1978 (the yellow routes) I drove from Seattle up to Vancouver BC Canada and got the ferry to Victoria, and also went from Phoenix Arizona to the Grand Canyon south rim, and to Las Vegas, Baker, Passadena and Hollywood California. |
|
Salt Lake City. The Temple, with Brigham
Young in front - is he saying "hey, no photographs!"? |
|
The Lion House near Temple Square. Built
in 1856 it was one of Brigham Young's official residences. |
|
Trolley Square, Salt Lake City. In 1995
the disused trolley was not even a sandwich shop any more. |
Mountains and Canyons, Utah. |
|
|
A chilly house near Park City in the mountains
above Salt Lake City, in January 1996. |
|
A rather warmer resident of Park City.
|
|
Bryce Point in Bryce Canyon National Park,
May 1993. A spectacular natural amphitheatre situated at an elevation
of 8,000 to 9,000 feet. |
|
The Grand Canyon from Bright Angel Point
on the north rim. |
Yellowstone, Wyoming. |
|
|
An archway of Elk antlers in Jackson Wyoming,
June 1993. |
|
An Elk still in possession of its antlers
in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. |
|
A geyser near Old Faithful in Yellowstone.
|
|
A bison in Yellowstone National Park, luckily
it was dozing. |
National Parks and Monument Valley, Utah. |
|
|
Flaming Gorge, Utah. So named by John Wesley
Powell during his 1869 expedition down the Green River. |
|
'North Park Avenue' in Arches National
Park, Utah. |
|
The Double Arch in Arches National Park.
|
|
Monument Valley, the scene of hundreds
of cowboy movies! |
|
John Wayne's cabin (as seen in the movies)
at Goulding's trading post in Monument Valley. |
|
'Goosenecks' in the San Juan river, Utah.
|
Mesa Verde, Colorado. |
|
|
Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde World Heritage
site, Colorado, February 1996. The Pueblo people, or Anasazi, built over
600 cliff dwellings at the site between 1100 and 1300 AD. Between 60 and
80 people lived in the 'Spruce Tree House' village. |
|
The Square Tower House in Mesa Verde, occupied
between AD 1200 and 1300. |
|
A blacksmith who doubles as a dentist.....
or is it the other way around? Near Cortez, Colorado. |
|
Telluride Historic District, Colorado.
A former silver mining camp founded in 1878 and named after compounds
of the chemical element Tellurium. Butch Cassidy's first major crime was
robbing the bank here in 1889 when he got away with $24,580. |