index ALBUM 12a) Monday 27 July 2009

Via HIGHWAY 12 SCENIC BYWAY (Dixie National Forest / Grand Straircase - Escalante National Monument) to ...

a) MondayMorning 27-July, Best Western Capitol Reef Resort (Outskirts Of Torrey-Utah).JPG
b) Our HotelRoom BackYard With Beautiful Red Rock Views.JPG
c) The Part Of Hotel We Were Staying At Mainly Vacant, We Had The Place All To Ourselves! ;-).JPG
d) Suite RoomNr. 306 (Just Next To the Laundry ~ Handy! ;-).JPG
e) Breakfast Room CloseBy ~ Well Taken Care Off+Relaxed Atmosphere (Few People).JPG
f) (MOVIE)We Could Live Here! ;-).jpg
g) Looking Out On Red Cliff Oasis, Surrounded By Capital Reef National Park & Adjacent To Dixie + Fishlake National Forest.JPG
h) Okay, Lets Get That Laundry Done!.JPG
i) Check Out Time 11 AM, Half Hour Later Driving  A Little Further Down On Highway 24.JPG
j) (INTERNET PIC)First A Sandwich @ Chevron Subway -Nice Chat With Guy Biking CrossCountry- (Having Knee Problems,IcePack).JPG
k) Taft Travel Plaza On The Outskirts Of Torrey (Incl Info Center Managed By A Friendly Mormon Lady).JPG
l) Journey Of Today ~ Scenic Byway 12 , From Torrey to Tropic (Bryce Canyon National Park).JPG
m) The 124-Mile Route Winds Through the Boulder Mountains, Grand Staircase-Escalante Natl Monument+Dixie Natl Forest.JPG
n) Scenic Byway 12 Is One of The Most Unique Roads In The United States.JPG
o) Scenic Byway 12 Twists Through the Dixie National Forest+Across Boulder Mountain (Exceeds Elevation of 11000 Ft).JPG
p) On Boulder Mountain, Dixie National Forest ~ Awesome View! (Facing Direction East).JPG
q) Try To Imagine The Forces That Have Shaped The Land Into What You See Today ....JPG
r) The Lower Bowns Reservoir, With Waterpocket Fold (Captiol Reef Natl Park), And Henry Mountains On the Horizon.JPG
s) The Reservoir Shoreline Is Owned And Administered By The Dixie National Forest With Unrestricted Public Access.JPG
t) Politics and Regulation Of The Preserved Land ~ As In Nature, There Is Strenght In Diversity.jpg
u) Btw .. Follow Those Clouds Direction South (To The Right)...JPG
v) Wow! Some Serious Weather Going On There!.JPG
w) Moving On, Driving Down Scenic Bypas 12, Direction South - Climbing Boulder Mountain.JPG
x) Just Out Of The Blue ... A Spontanous Throw of Thick Hail Coming Out of the Air.JPG
y) Words Got Around That The Unpredictable Weather Took Passengers Of This Car With Complete Surprise.JPG
z) Some Serious Driving Here ;-).JPG
za) We Made It To The Summit!.JPG
zb) 9600 Feet ~ 1.82 Miles (Nearly 3 Kilometeres) Into The Sky.JPG
zc) (MOVIE)Periodically Journal ~ Report of Hail and Storm Cells.jpg
zd) Wow!! ... .JPG
ze) Driving Directly Into Storm Cells, Better Go Indoors SomeWhere (Shelter In Car Is Possible, But We Needed A Pee ;-).JPG
zf) A Stop At the Anasazi State Park Museum, Boulder (Nr. 17 On This Map) ~ Entering The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.jpg
zg) (INTERNET PIC) ~ Museum Just Hit By Lightning Strike, No Electricity (Free Entrance - BathroomUse In Dark, With FlashLight).JPG
zh) From The Dark Walking Into The Partially Excavated Prehistoric Village (StormCells NearBy - Not Dangerously Above Us).JPG
zi) This Village Believed To Have Been Occupied by the Anasazi from A.D. 1050 to 1200 (Fremont+ Kayenta Anasazi).JPG
zj) Wonder How They Dealt With Thunder+Lightning In Those Days.. ;-).JPG
zk) Contrary To Popular Notion,There Is No Safe Location Outdoors (People Have Been Struck In Sheds+Makeshift Shelters).JPG
zl) Try To Find Shelter In Substantial Building, Or In Fully Enclosed Metal Vehicle (Such As Car) With Windows Completely Shut.JPG
zm) If Lightning Is Striking Nearby When You Are Outside, You Should A) Crouch Down, B) Avoid Proximity To Other People.JPG
zn) Safety Tips (The Proper Way) ~ Plan In Advance Your Evacuation+Safety Measures.JPG
zo) Back On The Road Afterall, Outrunning The Storm! (Due To Museum PowerOutage ~ Not Much To Do Indoors).JPG
zp) Afterall, We Still Have Some Miles To Cover ~ We Are Better Off Driving Than Waiting Out Storm At the Musuem.JPG
zq) Proper Way To Handle When Lightning Strikes CloseBy When In Car ~ National Lightning Safety Institute.JPG
zr) (MOVIE)Monsoon ~ Late June-Early July Into September (Origin Mexico, Spreading Into South West U.S. By Mid July).jpg
zs) Past Boulder, Having Entered the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Antiquities Act-President Bill Clinton, 1996).JPG
zt) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), Managed By The Bureau of Land Management (BLM).JPG
zu) (MOVIE)Dramatic, Multi-Hued Landscape Extending Across Almost 2 Million Acres of Utah Public Lands.jpg
zv) Driving Direction South, From Boulder to Escalante ~ Escalante Canyons Section (In Green) ~ Canyons of the Escalante.jpg
zw) A Series Of Great Geological Steps Ascending Northward Across The South West Corner Of The Monument.JPG
zx) From The Bottom ~ The Chocolate, Vermillion, White, Gray and Pink Cliffs.JPG
zy) The Alternating Configuration of Cliffs, Terraces and Slopes Is Due To Varied Rates of Erosion of Different Rock Types.JPG
zz) More Than 275 Mill Yrs of Earths History Are Exposed In Its Rock Formations Extending From the Permian to the Cretaceous.JPG
zza) From Permian (Late Palezoic Era) To Cretaceous (Late Mesezoic Era) ~ 290 to 65 Mill Yrs Ago (to Present Million Years).JPG
zzb) Btw, Mass Extinction of Dinosaurs+Some Marine Invertebrate Spiecies 65 Mill Yrs Ago Forms Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary.JPG
zzc) Grand Staircase Formed When Cambrian Oceans Lapped Onto Broad Continental Shelves Of Still Forming N-American Continent.jpg
zzd) Later, Triassic Rivers+Streams (FloodStages) Left Silty+Muddy Deposits On The Ancient Landscape. Then..(Read More).jpg
zze) American Pie ;-) ... The Chocolate, Vermilion, White, Gray and Pink Cliffs (With As Frosting - Paunsagunt Plateau).JPG
zzf) That Must Be White Cliffs (White, Pink and Brown Navajo Sandstone).JPG
zzg) On A Clear Day You Can See ForEver (Right! ;-) ~ Facing East (Panorama From North-West to South-East).JPG
zzh) Henry Mountains-Panorama Before You (37 Miles Away) Includes Some Of Last Remaining Wild Lands In the SouthWest.JPG
zzi) N-American Monsoon System, Perhaps the Least-Understood of all of Large-Scale Circulations Patterns Affecting U.S.JPG
zzj) A Short Stop In Escalante ~ Often Called The Heart of Scenic Byway 12.JPG
zzk) Nestled Between Elevated Meadows of Aquarius+Kaiparowits Plateaus(+Low Desert Country Surrounding Canyons).JPG
zzl) Escalante Was Settled In 1876 By Mormon Pioneers.JPG
zzm) The Story of Escalante ...JPG
zzn) Stepping Back In Time With A Flavor Of The Old West, And A Sense Of Pioneering Adventure ....JPG
zzo) Native American Cultures, Early Explorers (John Wesley Powell), And ..... MORMONS !!! ;-).JPG
zzp) Getting A Few Errands At The Store Down This Road (On The Right).JPG
zzq) And Back On the Road! Continue Driving The Scenic Byway 12 From Escalante to Tropic (Bryce Canyon National Park).jpg
zzr) Back In the StormCells ...(Just For 10 Minutes Orso).JPG
zzs) Some Nasty Clouds ....JPG
zzt) Spooky! ....JPG
zzu) Driving the Kaiparowits Plateau Region Of The National Monument Now (Towards The Grand Staircase Region).jpg
zzv) A Vast Wedge-Shaped Block Of Mesas+Deeply Incised Canyons Tower Above The Surrounding Desert.JPG
zzw) All These Ancient Geological Events Depositing A Legacy Of Their Presence That Was Written In Stone ....JPG
zzx) Each Time It Blows My Mind! Ancient Waters+Lands Have Risen and Fallen Here In The Past 4.6 Billion Yrs...JPG
zzy) When LandMasses Were Under Water, Sediment Resulting From Erosion Sunk To The Bottom (Forming Strata).JPG
zzz) White Cliffs, Navajo SandStone RockFormation ~ Its Origin From Jurassic Period (206-144 Mill Yrs Ago), Mesezoic Era.JPG
zzza) Life As A Sediment~As It Accumulated, It Formed Layers Of Rock (Strata), Similair Strata Patterns Found Elsewhere.JPG
zzza) Scientists Began To Identify+Name Strata. They Gave The Layers Of Rock An Identity With A Relative Age.jpg
zzzb) And ... An Identity With An Absolute Age ~ Rocks Have Their Own Unique Personality You See! ;-).jpg
zzzc) Back To The Age of Present Times ~ Around 5.30 PM Arrival At Entrance Of Bryce Canyon (See More In Next Album).JPG
   

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