5/27/2014

May 20, 2014 Travel to Capital Reef National Park Part One

Warning: This blog is picture intense! (which is why this is in two parts).

Our travels today took us on Utah’s scenic highways 95 and 24 and all I can say is OH MY!!!!

So come along and enjoy our view.

Some steep grades and cows too:

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Combs Ridge:

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Where we went thru the ridge:

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I did find out that many of these swirls were formed when the Colorado Plateau rose and the seas left – the swirls were caused by the rushing water.  (I still think some of these look like cow plops – LOL!  Given the surrounding area – maybe even dinosaur plops.)

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The two lane road took us along the mountains and interesting rock formations of the Colorado Plateau:

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Heading down to the Colorado River:

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This scenery is almost prehistoric looking – I was waiting to see a T-Rex around the corner:

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The Colorado River Bridge:

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Our Journey continues on part two of 5/20/14.  Smile

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