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Ajay Shekhawat: Pictures from November 9, 2003 (19 pictures)



First thing in the morning, we hit the park. Had it not been for the veritable traffic jam in the Ruby's Inn restaurant, I would have been here an hour earlier.
If I could use one word to describe this tree, it would be 'resilient'. Look at how it's hanging on to dear life, as the soil around it erodes away.
The trail to the 'Queen's Garden'.
View of some of the 'hoodoos' on the way to the Queen's Garden.
and I present to you, ladies and gentlemen, the Queen's Garden.
The 'amphitheater'. Let your imagination run wild (like mine does, at any waking moment), and imagine this to be an amphitheater, with the hoodoos down below being people, and this white hoodoo in the foreground being the 'queen' addressing the amphitheater... :-)
Some more hoodoos, and a great skyline.
Another view of the 'amphitheater'.
A couple from Kentucky was kind enough to take this shot.
The town of Tropic, UT visible from the Bryce Canyon. Eventually, the road reaches a height of 9115 ft above sea level at the end of the park.
A permanent resident of Bryce. This raven was quite bold, and had a heavy, raspy croak (from too much smoking, I'd bet). Bryce Canyon is also one of the darkest places in continental US. It is claimed that on a clear night, you can see nearly 7500 stars.
Took the 'Navajo Trail' down from 'Sunset Point', and near the bottom there's this Douglas Fir which is growing in between the wall of the narrow canyon. Try as hard as I did, I could not get a decent picture of this poor little tree.
Remember folks, the 'inverse Newtons law': whatever goes down must come up! Going down into the canyon was a piece of cake, but coming up the 600 ft was a killer! Here you see the path, winding up like a snake. There are 5 sections of the path visible in the picture, and many more behind me.
On the way back from the bottom, near the top of the Navajo trail. I was panting like a dog.
Headed out from Bryce Canyon, decided to stop in the Capitol Reef NP, along the road. Capitol Reef NP is the least known of the various NPs there.
'Fluted Wall', in the Capitol Reef NP.
Petroglyphs in the Capitol Reef NP. I guess grafitti 'artists' existed 100s of years ago (in pre-Columbian times) also. You see those punks messing up the neighborhood? Some day, their work will be featured in some national park somewhere.... :-O
Some more petroglyphs. Due to the viewing barrier, you can't get any closer.
Interesting erosion formations along the road. To me, these looked like the bows of an armada of ships


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