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Firecracker Penstemon

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:33:54 +0000

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These are the last photos I'll be posting for a week. We head out early tomorrow morning for five days of backpacking in the area of Mount Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies where we will be entirely out of touch with civilization and electronics.

This is Penstemon eatonii, the Firecracker Penstemon, photographed along the La Verkin Creek trail in Zion National Park (Utah). There were not a lot of wildflowers blooming when we were there but those we saw we did photograph.

Western Wallflower

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:33:29 +0000

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This wildlfower is the Western Wildflower, Erysimum capitatum, very common across the central and western USA.. This example was photographed along the La Verkin Creek trail in Zion National Park.

Bighorn Sheep

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:22:12 +0000

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We are in the area of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, visiting family. Their internet is very slow and so my postings are a bit sporadic. Nor will I be posting at all next week since I will be backpacking with my son-in-law and two grandsons to Mount Assiniboine.

This photo was taken in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada and shows a group of Desertd Bighorn Sheep. The Desert Bighorn is a subspecies of Bighorn Sheep and is found in the American Southwest and Mexico.

Indian Petroglyphs

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:10:46 +0000

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These Indian petroglyphs were photographed in Fire Canyon Wash in Valley of Fire State Park. They were made by the Anasazi and Southern Paiute who lived in the area and are scratched into these darkened areas known as desert varnish. There are many such example in the park and the surrounding areas.

Rainbow Vista

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:08:32 +0000

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This arch and view through it were at the end of the Rainbow Vista trail in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, one of the places we explored on our recent trip to Utah, Nevada and Arizona. The viewpoint is known as the Fire Canyon Overlook.

Valley of Fire

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:51:40 +0000

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We hiked a number of shorter trails in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. This photo was taken along the Rainbow Vista trail and shows some of the Red Aztec Sandstone formations for which the valley is known.

Elephant Rock

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:11:29 +0000

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We visited Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada on our way to Las Vegas where we picked up our oldest daughter and went on to Grand Canyon National Park for a week of hiking and backpacking. This is Elephant Rock near the east entrance to the park, one of numerous shorter hikes we did.

Valley of Fire

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:00:52 +0000

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My apologies for disappearing for a few days. We traveled to Edmonton to see our daughter and her family and grandkids take precedence over photos. We are enjoying them and learned that we have another on the way, our 34th grandchild.

The photo was taken in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, east of Las Vegas. We visited there part of a day before picking up our oldest daughter at the Las Vegas airport and going on to Grand Canyon National Park with her.

West Rim Trail

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:52:26 +0000

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The West Rim Trail in Zion National Park climbs from the canyon bottom and the Virgin River up the side of the canyon and through a narrow break to Scout's Overlook and Angel's Landing before continuing along the west rim of the canyon. This photo looks back through the break in the canyon wall to the Great White Throne on the east rim of the canyon.

Manzanita in Sunlight

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:47:43 +0000

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Photographed along the West Rim trail in Zion National Park, this is a Manzanita tree or shrub.

Zion Canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:05:20 +0000

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This is the view south from the West Rim Trail in Zion Canyon, part of the trail visible on the bottom left. The trail continues up to Scout's Overlook and Angel's Landing. The trail is steep in places but it was very busy. After hiking this trail we hiked the trail to Emerald Pools which was even busier and decided then it was too busy for us and went our way.

Scout's Overlook

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:05:09 +0000

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In Zion Canyon we hiked the West Rim Trail to Scout's Overlook and Angel's Landing but did not go out to Angel's Landing. The trail is quite steep in places but the view at the end is spectacular. Here the view is north into the canyon.

Angel's Landing

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:31:14 +0000

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Our last day in Utah we visited Zion Canyon, the main part of Zion National Park. We hiked two trails, the West Rim Trail to Scout's Overlook, part of the Angel's Landing formation, and the Emerald Pools trail to Lower and Upper Emerald Pools. This view of Angel's Landing looks north up the canyon from the beginning of the West Rim trail. The park was very busy and crowded and after hiking the two trails we went on to a motel in Hurricane, Utah. We will not be visiting that part of the park again. It was nearly impossible to find parking at the visitors' center, the huge shuttle buses were crowded and the trails had far too many people on them.

Virgin River

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:27:50 +0000

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While in Utah we spent half a day in Zion Canyon, the main area of Zion National Park. We hiked the West Rim trail to Scout's Overlook and the Emerald Pools trail to Upper Emerald Pool. We found that park of the park far too busy for our liking. The shuttle buses are now huge double flex buses and there are traffic jams on the trails. We will not be going back to that part of Zion again and cut the day short, going on to a motel in Hurricane, Utah.

Peek-a-boo Canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:37:27 +0000

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This is another photo from Peek-a-boo or Red Canyon near Orderville, Utah. We hiked to the canyon, ordinarily accessed by an off-road vehicle, through three miles of deep sand, a very strenuous hike. The canyon was worth the hike, however, and easily explored on foot. Many such slot canyons can be explored only with difficulty using ropes and other climbing equipment, which we do not have and did not know how to use.

The best known of these slot canyons is Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona, a place we visited on the last day of our trip. The photo was taken with my phone camera, which seemed to do a better job with the uneven light than my camera, but perhaps that was just my inexpertise with my camera, which seemed to have difficulty with the light and shadow.

These slot canyons are obviously formed by water, and though dry, a creek, Red Canyon Creek, runs through this canyon. For that reason it is very dangerous to be in these canyons if there is any possibility of rain in the area, even far away. Flash floods are common and there have been any number of deaths in these canyons as a result of such floods.

Peek-a-boo Canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:37:18 +0000

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This was the entrance to Peek-a-boo or Red Canyon near Kanab, Utah. We hiked to the canyon, usually visited by means of an off-road-vehicle, a hike of six miles there and back through deep sand. The canyon was worth the hike, however, and easily hiked to its end.

Nutall's Larkspur

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:58:57 +0000

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This, I believe, is Nutall's Larkpsur, Delphinium nuttallianum, photographed along the Wildcat Canyon trail in Zion National Park.

Alpine Lewisia

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:58:46 +0000

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This is Lewisia pygmaea, Alpine Lewisia, photographed along the Wildcat Canyon trail in Zion National Park. The Lewisias are named for Merriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Peek-a-boo Canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:26:04 +0000

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The third day of recent trip to Utah, Nevada and Arizona we hiked to Peek-a-boo Canyon a slot canyon east of Zion National Park. The hike was very difficult through three miles of sand each way, but the canyon was spectacular and worth the hike. Parts of the canyon were not as deep as this, but the immensity of the canyon is well shown in this photo which includes my wife. We were in the canyon when the light was best and the colors were amazing.

White Tower

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:25:56 +0000

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The third day of our recent trip to Utah, Nevada and Arizona we went to an area east of Zion National Park and hiked to Peek-a-boo Canyon, a slot canyon in the desert. The hike was about three miles each way through sand long an off-road-vehicle track, a very difficult hike, but the slot canyon, which was to the southeast of the cliffs in this photo was worth hike. The sand through which we hiked was indeed the color shown and is found throughout that area and is protected in Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park further south.