In 2005 I took a trip out west to visit with my son who was stationed at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, on the way out I made a few diversions to some of the National Parks in Utah. This series of pictures is from Archs National Park. I had very little time, and the weather was terrible, rain moving in and out, and when the sun did come out it was the worst time of the day to be shooting, but I managed to get a few shots. Archs is a very unique place, it is a high desert, making it very dry, but being at an elevation of around 7000 feet above sea level it was also a very cool place. Temperatures ran in the 50-60 degree range, and this was the first part of May. One nice thing about this time of year is that it’s a bit greener then the drier months, but it still looks like a desert even when it’s raining. If you notice in these photos, trees seem to have a hard time growing, most were dead, or looked dead. I believe they were a type of Juniper that are very tolerant of the drier conditions. There is another photo of Balance Rock, when you see the photo you will say to yourself, what’s holding it up, it is about the size of a small building and is balanced on another big rock with only about a 10 section holding it, it’s amazing. The ranch that is pictured has been there well over a hundred years, can you imagine what it would have been like to have lived here, just a little house and root cellar behind it.
Here are a few of the photos I did manage that day, I hope you enjoy them.I will be posting a few more from Bryce Canyon National Park in the near future so be sure to check back soon.
