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04-19-2012, 08:10 PM #1
A fantastic two weeks in AZ and UT!
My husband did a great job planning our vacation in March and Bogley was useful in his research (thanks!), so thought I'd post a trip report. We packed a lot in on our trip and saw such a variety of things - it's kind of hard to summarize everything we did succinctly. So I'm just going to include the info from our webpage where all our pictures are posted ( AZ/UT 2012) and add a few of my favorite pictures (so difficult to choose!). Thanks for looking!
In March 2012, Steve, Norah, and I returned to the southwest for another fantastic trip through the canyons and rocks of northern Arizona and southern Utah. Our first major stop was a backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon - a repeat of the trip Steve and I first hiked about ten years ago. It was just as beautiful the second time around and a lot of fun to hike with Norah. From there we moved on to Page, AZ; located near the AZ/UT border by the scenic Lake Powell. We had visited this area six years ago and while we returned to Buckskin Gulch, everything else we did was a new experience for all of us. We particularly loved Coyote Buttes South and Yellow Rock. Such a dazzling array of colors and rock formations! To round out our vacation we made a short side trip to Bryce Canyon, where the star gazing was just as amazing as the orange hoodoos.
Some logistics: For planning and information we relied heavily upon the Michael Kelsey guidebooks and Laurent Marteres photography books, as well as research on the internet (trip reports and forums, including the useful http://www.bogley.com/ and http://www.tripadvisor.com/ ). For our back road adventures around Page we rented a 4WD Jeep from Rick at Canyon Country Adventures). He was great to work with and we continued his streak of never having a jeep get stuck (yay for us!). We were a little like gypsies on this trip and were on the move most of the time. We used a mix of backpacking, car camping, and motels. We especially loved camping at Alstrom Point (thanks to Rick
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04-19-2012 08:10 PM # ADS
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04-19-2012, 08:41 PM #2
Wow! These are some amazing photos!
I absolutely love the one from Alstrom Point.
Looks like you had a great vacation.
Did you have Lone Rock Beach all to yourselves?
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04-19-2012, 10:37 PM #3
Excellent!
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04-19-2012, 11:24 PM #4
Epic photos and write up too. Rock on.
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04-20-2012, 01:26 AM #5
Fantastic vacation at wonderful places w/ stunning pictures.
THX for sharing.
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04-20-2012, 05:42 AM #6
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04-20-2012, 05:44 AM #7
Thanks everybody. Wish we lived closer so this wasn't a once a year type of thing! Love the southwest.
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04-20-2012, 06:45 AM #8
Looks like you had a great trip, thanks for the excellent TR. Photos are terrific.
Quoting my best friend, Bob McNally, after a bad boating trip: "Nature scares me!"
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05-12-2012, 10:13 PM #9
Amazing!
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05-13-2012, 11:01 AM #10
Nice TR. Thanks for sharing!
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05-14-2012, 03:30 PM #12
What beautiful photos! You guys are so organized with your trips!! I love the moon light photo.
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05-17-2012, 12:36 PM #13
In the Antelope Canyon photo with the beam of light coming through the hole, can you check your camera metadata & see what time you took that? Some of those opportunities only last a few minutes.
Very nice photos - especially the sunrise one. You definitely hit some of the best high spots for that area.
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05-17-2012, 08:11 PM #14
Great trip for kid travel, you covered a lot of ground, great spots and shots!
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05-20-2012, 07:06 PM #15
Thanks again everybody!
In the Antelope Canyon photo with the beam of light coming through the hole, can you check your camera metadata & see what time you took that? Some of those opportunities only last a few minutes.
Very nice photos - especially the sunrise one. You definitely hit some of the best high spots for that area
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05-21-2012, 12:10 PM #16
Thanks for checking on the time. I bet there's not too many days in a year in which the sun shines right through that hole. That's a very fortunate shot & timing, to have not deliberately planned it out.
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05-22-2012, 08:48 AM #17
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05-24-2012, 02:01 PM #18
You've got some great shots! Good light at the Wahweap Hoodoos. And a nice beam in the Lower Antelope Canyon.
Looks like I have to put the Yellow Rock on my list ... :)
Jessica
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05-24-2012, 03:34 PM #19
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Magnificent stuff!
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11-14-2012, 03:26 PM #20
Wow, this was an awesomely thorough post. I was considering a trip to Buckskin Gulch this spring to camp with some friends, and after reading this post I am totally convinced. Planning my trip now. Do you have any suggestions on epic secret spots or any other suggestions for that area? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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