On June 9th - 12, 2011 Jennifer and I took our annual hiking trip...going to Dead Horse Point, Canyonlands (Needles District...there are three areas and we have done one two years ago so did the second this year), and Natural Bridges. We wanted to do a hike in Capitol Reef but it had snowed and rained most of the day and we thought the trail might possibly not be safe so didn't do that one. Here are a few pictures of some places we went.In the Natural Bridges area this was the third bridge we hiked down to. Pretty awesome! This was a relatively easy and safe hike.
The second bridge we hiked down to was a different story. Some areas were safe such as this one that Jennifer is posing by. The rock steps were steep but safe.
But then we had really steep areas with some steps that were small and on very tight corners with a drop off on one side. This shows one area of steep slick rock, small steps and a wood ladder we had to go down. There were railings in some areas like this one to help with safety going down and coming back up. It doesn't look to scary in the photo but it was!!
This is at the bottom and it was beautiful! There was a little lake at the bottom from the rain...and me! To prove I made it all the way down in one piece! The bridge was awesome but I couldn't get a full picture of it down there.
The picture below is of the bridge partway down.
This is Newspaper Rock...a close-up view!
The picture below gives a bigger picture of how much was "written" by the Indians a long time ago!
Newspaper Rock is just before one goes into Canyonlands. I am sorry I don't have more pictures to share but Jennifer took most of our photos on her camera and I haven't got copies yet. But this give you a little idea of where we went.
