Photos of Utah: Dead Horse and Dinosaur

Here are more photos of Utah. These first few are from Dead Horse Point, overlooking the Green River Canyon.

These next pictures are from Dinosaur National Monument. Unfortunately, I only have one picture of a dinosaur bone, because at the point on the trail where we saw some really good ones, I was too scared to move enough to take a picture. Hopefully the photos of petroglyphs will make up for it!

One of the many lizards we saw

Strange desert plant

Stegosaurus humerus

Elephant Toes Butte

Here are some photos of the petroglyphs we saw.

Tomorrow: Salt Lake City!

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Photos of Utah: Goblins and Arches

First I would like to note that I just ate some fresh huitlacoche from Rich's garden, so if I suddenly stop blogging, you'll know that my fungus identification skills are lacking. Anyway, it was delicious.

Here are some more photos of Utah.

Goblin State Park

The small rock formations are called goblins. It was fun to hang out with a rock formation that was Famous Hat-sized!

Arches National Park

The Three Gossips

Balanced Rock

Delicate Arch

I don't know the name of this formation, but it reminds me of a Masai warrior.

Two views of Double Arches

Pinnacle Arch

North and South Window

Sand Dune Arch

Broken Arch

Here are some shots of the desert so you can see how green it was after the rain, and some close-ups of desert plants... and a big black bug!

Don't you hate having to wait for all the hula hoopers to cross?

And finally, one last awesome rock formation. I do not know the name of this one either.

I have lots more photos! Check back tomorrow to see some more.

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About My Flight Home

People have been asking how my flight went, since I clearly survived somehow but never blogged about it. I got up in the dark to catch my crack o' dawn flight and got on the scary plane like a big girl, and then it was so smooth I thought maybe this fear of flying thing was a bit of an overreaction. But my second flight was just as scary and painful as I remembered, even with tons of decongestant and three pieces of gum. Richard Bonomo was there to greet me at the airport, and I felt like I was in a badly dubbed Chinese martial arts flick, because his mouth was moving but I heard no sound.

"WHAT??" I hollered.

"Welcome home!" he repeated, now sounding like he was under water. It took the rest of the day for my hearing to return to normal, and I still had residual pains and pops in my ears all day yesterday. But now life is back to normal, meaning I am sitting in front of a computer all day instead of hiking in the desert. Bummer.

I may post some more photos tonight if I get to Rich's house but definitely will post some tomorrow after Date Night with Jesus.

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Pictures of Utah: The Trip West

I took so many photos that I am going to put them in several posts. First, here are some photos from our long journey to Salt Lake City:

Shirt at a truck stop in Nebraska

Metal coyote on a hillside in Wyoming

More to come!

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