September 15-24, 2022 - Utah Flight
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| Just to about to depart on our Utah Flight! |
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Daybreak in York, Nebraska.
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| Yanking and banking over the North Platte River in Nebraska. |
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Heading west over some ground fog.
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| Big sky country. |
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| On final to a 10,000 foot runway in Rock Springs, Wyoming. |
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| Red rock at Flaming Gorge Reservoir. |
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Entering the Flaming Gorge.
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| Laying smoke over the high desert. |
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Over the Gates of Lodore, Green River, Utah.
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| Over White Rock at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah. |
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| The heart of Dinosaur National Monument. |
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| On the Green River south of Vernal, early in the morning. |
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Following the Green River through desert rock.
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| Entering Desolation Canyon. |
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Exiting Desolation Canyon.
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| San Rafael Swell |
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| Following one of the many canyons through San Rafael Swell. |
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| Another San Rafael Swell canyon. |
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Massive butte.
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| Wild Horse Creek. |
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Passing over Hidden Splendor Airstrip. Not on the chart.
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| Following Muddy Creek. |
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Into Castle Valley
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| Still on the Muddy Creek |
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| Back into San Rafael Swell |
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| Early morning departure at Carbon Canyon Airport, near Price, Utah. |
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Following the Green River east of San Rafael Swell into the Canyonlands.
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| Passing some buttes in Canyonlands. |
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Hoodoos in Canyonlands.
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| A Chimney in Canyonlands. |
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| Approaching the Orange Cliffs. |
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| Following the Dirty Devil River northwest. |
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More Dirty Devil River.
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Passing by some unusual geological features following the Fremont River west.
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| The kaleidoscope of colors at Capital Reef NP. |
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| The red rock of Capital Reef. |
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| Parked on the ramp at Escalante Airport which was our base of operations for two days. |
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Remnants of a creek flow into the Escalante River.
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| Red rock northeast of the Escalanate River. |
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Butte in a bend of the Escalate River.
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| Escalante River. |
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| The Escalante River runs into Lake Powell. |
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| Cruising down Lake Powell. |
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A side canyon off Lake Powell.
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| Lake Powell. |
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Lake Powell.
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| Camp fire at Escalante Airport. |
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| Flying the Pariah River. |
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| Low over desert scrub. |
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Red rock south of Pariah Canyon.
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| Pariah Canyon. |
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Looking up at red rock in Pariah Canyon.
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| A gigantic sand dune in Pariah Canyon. |
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Looking south down the Colorado River and Marble Canyon.
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| Parked on the ramp at Marble Canyon. |
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A delicious breakfast at the Marble Canyon Trading Post restaraunt.
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| P68 |
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The often photographed Horseshoe Bend. A paraglider down below is also checking it out.
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The massive Glen Canyon Dam.
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Approaching the Kaibab Plateau. |
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| The Big Ditch. |
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| The Colorado River way down below. It looks brown and muddy from this altitude but it's green when you're on it. |
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Kanab Canyon
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| Flying up Kanab Canyon |
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Approaching Zion NP
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| From the air, Zion NP is huge and colorful. |
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| Zion NP is better seen from the air than the ground. |
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| Zion NP |
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| Homecooked burgers and beans at Escalante Airport campground. |
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Morning at Escalante Airport.
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Nondescript high desert but very beautiful, especially with some rain showers thrown in.
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| Sand dunes lit up in the early morning sun. |
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| Lake Powell |
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| San Juan River heading east. |
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Following the San Juan River
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Parked on the ramp at Monument Valley Airport. We're heading up to Goulding's Trading Post for a delicious breakfast.
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| Intricate geological formations in Grand Gulch Plateau north of Bluff, Utah. |
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Spectacular canyon in Grand Gulch.
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| Convergence of the Green and Colorado Rivers in Canyonlands. |
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More interesting geological formations south of Moab, Utah.
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| Magnificent buttes in Castle Valley, northeast of Moab. |
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| More Castle Valley. |
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Starting the long trek home.
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| Camping at the Triple Tree Aerodrome annual fly-in. |
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