A tour through the color country of Utah and Arizona

                                          May, 2004

                             Photography by John Horm

Movin on down the road in our 2003 Isata 254sl. Only about 2,000 more miles to Salt Lake City.

With both cats and the dog. They actually travel rather well with the cats staying in their carriers when driving and the dog staying on the couch.

Heading west, we saw the world's largest MacDonalds with a drive through.

On the way to Salt Lake City, we decided to spend a night at the Terry Bison Ranch in Wyoming.

This was a nice stop, they had not only bison but also Texas longhorns, camels, peacocks, mules, horses, and beefalo.

A mother buffalo and her baby.

The famed Texas longhorn

This buffalo tried to get on the bus to help himself to some treats when the drivers back was turned.

Windmills in the distance with a herd of buffalo midway.

Why they had peacocks I don't know.

Since we were out west, I had to have a picture of me with a horse.

Now on to Salt Lake City where our son was graduating from the University of Utah.

Yea, he actually made it!

After graduation, we stayed around to see some sights.

We went to Antelope Island in the middle of the Great Salt Lake where there are free ranging buffalo.

At the end of the island there is an old ranch with many implements on display.

In the Uintas, a neat stand of trees.

Have you ever looked at a dandelion from below?

The Kennecott Copper mine, about 2 miles across and 3/4 of a mile deep. If you look closely, you can see trucks moving around the roads.

While in Salt Lake City, we stayed at the Salt Lake CIty KOA.

After a week in SLC, it was time to travel down to Bryce Canyon

At Bryce, we stayed at the Ruby's Inn RV Park, just outside the entrance to Bryce Canyon.

I discovered this hitchhiker after getting set up.

Time to go to work, but where do I start?

This looks like a good spot. Those Hoodoos really glow when the light strikes them right.

A misty morning for a different effect.

But, the glowing Hoodoos are hard to resist.

Patches of wildflowers are also hard to resist.

The amphitheater with late afternoon light.

I swear this looks like an elephant pulling a wagon.

Let's try for something a little different.

On the way to Bryce, you go through two tunnels. Guess how many RV'ers slowed down watching their tops.

Pat and me with hoodoos in the background.

In contrast to SLC, the temperature at Bryce was in the 20's at night and 50's during the day. This morning brought snow. One morning we got up to find that our water hose had frozen solid. The furnace kept us toasty warm inside.

Perhaps the elevation had something to do with the weather.

Enough of Bryce, now we have to travel to Scottsdale Arizona and a nieces wedding.

The happy couple.

It seems as though people like my photos of feet.

Not part of the wedding but we don't have cacti in Annapolis.

The temperature in Scottsdale was 102!!!!!

The AC in the Isata kept the interior temperature at 80 parked in direct sunlight.

Definitely time to get out of town.

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Dry heat or not, hot is hot. Let's go to the Grand Canyon.

Not the Grand Canyon but on the way.

This is a BIG hole in the ground!

Part of the crowd that gathered nightly at Hopi Point to watch the sunset.

I'm not quite sure what to do.

There are so many moods to the Grand Canyon.

Maybe I should stick to something I know - mules.

The mules are there to take tourists to the bottom, on narrow, narrow little paths.

And, there are wildflowers on the rim trails.

There is something about misty times.

We stayed at the trailer village campground inside the park. We awoke one morning to find an elk grazing right beside our RV.

This beggar raven was at the Hermit's Rest area of the park.

More wildflowers. I won't even try to name them because I know I will be wrong.

Things look different when you are sitting down taking a break.

Yeah, I know, we have these at home but he was begging to have his picture taken.

There is a colony of California Condors at the Grand Canyon.

A hummingbird.

Several sunset photos, all different.

This coyote was wandering around one of the rest stops looking for handouts.

Our trip is almost over. Our next stop is the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert.

Ancient petroglyphs are found in one area of the park.

While we were at the painted desert, the sky was mostly gray sooo, this is the only photo posted.

But petrified wood photographs best when not in direct sunlight. The colors come out quite nicely.

Many logs are laying on top of the ground.

Notice the logs laying around our RV.

That was our last scheduled stop on our trip. On the way home we braved tornados, thunderstorms, and flooding (All missed us). Our last stop on the way home was at the Stonewall Jackson State Resort Park in West Virginia.

Please, Please, Please

Trees are good.

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Finally, after a month of traveling and 5,500 miles we arrived home.