NATIONAL PARKS TRIP
MAY 19-29, 2006
PART I :
Friday, May 19 (morning visit to
(borrowed image above with Coke Ovens) (borrowed image above with
Dianne with
Ella Blume (friend/host from
Friday,
May 19 (afternoon)
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National
Park
(borrowed
image above)
Dianne with Don Musselman and Ella Blume (friends/hosts from
Grand Junction)
Gunnison River in Black Canyon
Dianne at
Gunnison River Intake Dam
(moves water to other side of mountain for power and
agriculture)
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Saturday, May 20
Scenic route to
(borrowed
image above with Double Arch)
(borrowed image above with Delicate Arch aka
cowboy chaps)
Access to Landscape Arch
Landscape Arch
Distant View of
Delicate Arch
Turret Arch
Windows Arch
Double
Balanced Rock
(end of visit with Don and Ella / moving on)
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Sunday, May 21
On the road from
via scenic road Ouray to
Ruins of Ancestral Puebloan / Anasazi
Families/ Cliff Dwellings
(borrowed image above with Spruce Tree House Ruin)
Approaching view of
Cliff Palace (200 rooms/700 people)
Junior Park Ranger at work grinding corn
Great Horned Owl
supervising tourists Uncovered
"Kiva" (Hopi word for
ceremonial room)
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Monday, May 22
View from Far View Lodge at
( 3rd in size 20 rooms /80 people)
covered "Kiva"
interior
Typical Corn Grinding Station
On the road from
with stop at
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Tuesday,
May 23 (morning)
(borrowed
post card image above with Totum Pole Formations)
The
Mittens
John
Ford's Point (Hollywood scene)
Three Sisters
Traditional Navajo
Home called 'hogan' Navajo Sweat
House
(for private meditation)
Weaving Navajo Rug / Staining
Wool
Anasazi Pictographs
Note:
Navajo avoid these areas in respect for ancient spirits
Sun's Eye
Anasazi Grain Storage Ruin Ear of the Wind Totum Pole Formations
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PART
TWO: Grand Canyon,
PART
II :
Tuesday, May 23 (late afternoon arrival at Grand Canyon NP)
(borrowed post card image above)
Jack's 1st view of
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Wednesday, May 24 (morning)
Morning Tour
- east toward Dessert View Point
views
heading east
Historical
"Watchtower" at Dessert View Point
(built
by Fred Harvey to promote Southwest theme tourism in 1932)
Views
heading back to lodge (west)
Grand
Canyon "beggars" or "pirates"
Wednesday, May 24 (afternoon / walk the rim trail )
our first condor sighting
the lodge
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Thursday, May 25 (morning / fossil hunt with
ranger)
markers showing various fossil finds by children
Thursday, May 25 (afternoon / condor spotting with ranger)
Hopi
House and El Tovar Lodge (Fred Harvey era tourism promo)
Thursday, May 25 (evening sunset tour toward Hermits Rest)
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Friday, May 26 (brief
visit to
(borrowed post card image above)
Canyon View from
Temple of Sinawava
North Fork Virgin River
Court of the Patriarchs
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Saturday, May 27 (visit
to
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post card image above)
view from lodge or
Sunset Point
Unique to Bryce -
spires called "hoodoo"
view from Rainbow
Point (four states visible)
view from Bryce
Point
view of
hoodoos from Inspiration Point grotto
view from Inspiration Point
Sunday, May 28 and Monday, May 29 (visit to Jim Dolak family in Ft Collins)
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THE END
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