Canyonlands Visit

Here are some picture we took when we visited Canyonlands over labor day weekend. We had so much fun. Eventhough Delia will not exactly remember it, I know she enjoyed being out and that christian takes pride in sharing it with those he loves even if they are onyl 1 year old! Canyondlands is Truly a spectacular sight to see. It is such a beautiful and unique land. The only I need to do is Visit the Grand canyon and see how it compares to the beauty of Canyonlands. Enjoy!






Christian is by some wierd looking dirt. I kept looking at it wondering what exactly it was while christian was apparently telling me about it and just as I extanded myfoot to touch it, christian says: "...and you just destroyed 20 years of growth on that dirt!" Awww. I asked why he didn't stop me and he said that he didn't know I was going to stamp it with my foot! LOL. It some type of fungus growth to protect the dirt from all of mother natures elements! Interesting! It's all over in canyonlands! They do ask people not to walk on it to preserve it, but I guess a little damage by the ignorance won't hurt anything.





The yellow stuff christian is holidng is dried ephedra. He practically carried it the whole time. Delia was looking at it like, "what the heck is that!" I asked him what he planned on doing with it. He said: "oh..maybe you can use it to decorate with!" What?? I can't think of a single thing to do with it because its color is so vibrant! Well, hopefully I will think of something and then we will all be happy! ;) I love you honey, really.






This is an old cowboy camp for cattle ranching that was running from th 1800's until the 1970's when they closed cattle ranching in canyonlands in 1975. It's pretty old and they apparently was a full out spring there which is pretty dried up now and caves where we found pictograph pantings of hand prints snakes and tribe members. It was pretty cool.









At the Cowboy camp there was a little trail that led up onto large boulders to get a view of all the pastures that they used while cattle ranching. You had to take two ladders to get up there. It was really cool. Once up there christian began telling specifics about the area. It was beautiful! These pictures do not do it justice! I couldn't believe how green the pasture were in such a dry place. There were little divets in the boulders on top and it had rain earlier that morning so they were still filled with water and we decided to let Delia play in them. she really likes to do stuff that requires you to get dirty, or in this case wet!
I'm really glad christian took me here to his place of glory. It's his heaven on Earth. He had not really been in the areas we visited, just on the outskirts and deeper into canyonlands. He really wanted to take me to the place they backpack where rarely anyone goes because it is so remote, and hard, but it was getting dark and we needed an extra day. The good thing is that we are not far from it.