Arizona++ March 2025 | ||
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Flagstaff Area
"Montezuma Castle" National Monument
A 12th-13th c cliff-side dwelling, 50 miles South of Page.
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| "Montezuma Castle" |
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| "Montezuma Castle" |
The Painted Desert
Fortunately, the Gods seem to have preferred soft pastel watercolors. So nothing too gaudy - just a soft enchanted view.
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| Painted Desert Inn |
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Petrified Forest National Park.
Many large chunks of fossilized trees, from 225 million years ago (!)
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| Long fossilized trunk |
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Winslow, Arizona
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| "Standin' on corner in Winslow Arizona" A monument to the Eagles' "Take it Easy" |
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| Glenn Frey statue |
Meteor Crater
A 1200 meter diameter Meteor Crater from about 50,000 years ago.
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| Holsinger Meteorite: Largest discovered chunk of the Meteorite |
Page Area
Navajo National Monument
I walked out to the Betatakin Overlook to view a 13thc cliff-side village. It looks deceptivelys small in the giant cliff.
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| Deceptively small-looking alcove homes |
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| Still chilly in the Mountains |
Kayenta to Page
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| "Wild" horses near Navajo NM |
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| "Wild" Horse |
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| 4 miles SW of Kayenta |
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| 10 miles East of Kaibito |
Colorado River: Horseshoe Bend
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Glen Canyon Dam
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| Glen Canyon Dam |
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| Glen Canyon Dam from Visitor Center |
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| Glen Canyon Bridge |
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| Glen Canyon, downstream of dam |
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| The water level looks high, but Lake Powell is only 33% full! |
Lake Powell
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| Lake Powell, behind Glen Canyon Dam |
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| View across Lake Powell |
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| View across Lake Powell |
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| "New Wave" rocks |
Antelope Canyon
I visited both the Lower and Upper Antelope Canyon, on different days.
Lower Antelope Canyon
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| Emerging from Lower Anterlope Canyon |
Upper Antelope Canyon
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| Upper Antelope Canyon Entrance |
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| Looking up |
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| Upper Antelope Canyon Exit |
Provo, Utah
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| Provo has a very scenic location! |
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| Provo Historic Courthouse (1926) |
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| Provo City Center Temple A 2016 rebuild of an 1898 Tabernacle |
Brigham Young University
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| "The World is Our Campus" |
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| Brigham Young statue |
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| "Study and Faith" |
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| "Service Opportunities" |
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| Sculpture Garden |
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| BYU Creamery on Ninth |
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| An excellent "blue goggles" ice cream |