2. 2016

Desert Road Trip

Taking a break from the north country for a few weeks traveling around in the heat.
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Climbers move higher on <i>Moonlight Buttress</i> in the late afternoon shade.
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Climbers move higher on Moonlight Buttress in the late afternoon shade.

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  • Moonlight Buttress, a climbing route on our current tick-list, looms over Zion Canyon.
  • Climbers ascend Spaceshot slightly slower than the canyon shadows as the sun sinks low.
  • Climbers move higher on <i>Moonlight Buttress</i> in the late afternoon shade.
  • Climbers move higher on <i>Moonlight Buttress</i> in the late afternoon shade.
  • Climbers move higher on <i>Moonlight Buttress</i> in the late afternoon shade.
  • Climbers move higher on <i>Moonlight Buttress</i> in the late afternoon shade.
  • Tracy wanders a trail in Zion Canyon.
  • This cricket seems a bit lost, wandering across the sidewalk in the open sun.
  • Deer in Zion are plentiful and can be seen at fairly close quarters.
  • Deer in Zion are plentiful and can be seen at fairly close quarters.
  • Water streaks paint the walls of Zion's narrows with natural shades of red and brown.
  • Plants cling to the overhung canyon walls, taking advantage of the water seeping from the sandstone itself.
  • A heavily adjusted squirrel sits unabashed as Tracy takes a portrait.
  • Sandstone walls show the wear of centuries in Zion's narrows.
  • Seeping water reflects the golden sunlight on the walls above Zion's narrows.
  • Tracy wades the Virgin River heading upstream in Zion's narrows.
  • Tracy wades the Virgin River heading upstream in Zion's narrows.
  • Plants adorn the featured walls of the Narrows in upper Zion Canyon.
  • Tracy wades the Virgin River heading upstream in Zion's narrows.
  • The Virgin River cascades tirelessly downhill, carving out some incredible features in the soft landscape over the eons it has flowed here.
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