holiday pictures, sort of.

[ilanarama]

And by holiday I mean Thanksgiving. I finally got around to sorting the photos we took during our Thanksgiving jaunt to southeastern Utah. This was a not-very-planned mostly-impulse trip to the Blanding area, during which we did canyon hiking in some spectacular places filled with arches, stupendous natural bridges (as you might expect from a place called Natural Bridges National Monument), pre-Puebloan ruins (that is, ruins built by the ancestors of the current Pueblo tribes [Hopi, Zuni, etc.], who used to be called the Anasazi until it was determined that this was actually a Navajo name), and rock art. Here are a few of the thumbnails, and a link to the webpage where you can see all 24, with commentary.



Webpage with all photos from this trip, with captions.

Comments

[triestine.livejournal.com]

Oh, it hurts! I'm dying to visit Arizona personally but the entire region is as attractive. Thank you for this dose of beauty! Must visit. Must.

[(Anonymous)]

Butler Gulch or Butler Wash?