Kannah Creek Brewing Co in Grand Junction, CO

Grand Junction, CO - Kannah Creek Brewing Company

The highlight of Grand Junction was picking Heidi up. It had been two weeks since she left Trey and me in San Diego to return …

The Devil’s Kitchen at CO Nat’l Monument

Nature Trail at Colorado National Monument

One of the more popular trails at Colorado National Monument is found at the base of the canyon and leads to a natural rock outcropping. …

Colorado National Monument

Independence Monument, Colorado

Folks around Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado just call it “The Monument.” It was there long before man first settled this remote area in western …

Colorado National Monument Panoramas

HDR Panorama of Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction

Here are two HDR panoramas made at different lookout points over Monument Valley in Colorado Nat’l Monument near Grand Junction. Looking north to Independence Monument …

UT-CO State Line

The Utah-Colorado Stateline

Leaving Utah, we headed into Colorado to camp at Colorado National Monument and then pick Heidi up in Grand Junction. I’ve always been a fan …

Canyonlands Needles District Panoramas

Panorama made in Canyonlands National Park's Needles District

Two panoramic composites I created from photos taken in the remote Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. The first pano was taken near “Elephant Hill” …

Cave Spring Camp, Canyonlands, UT

Trey at the sprint on the Cave Spring Trail in Canyonlands Nat'l Park

In the late 1800s, the most important industry in the Western United States was the cattle and sheep business. Ranchers would roam the countryside looking …

Hiking Canyonlands’ Needles District

Trey hikes in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park

The last park we visited in Utah was Canyonlands National Park (recently made famous by the great movie 127 Hours) . This park is HUGE …

Looking Glass Rock, UT

The arches of Looking Glass Rock, Utah

Just south of Moab, down a dirt road off Highway 191, is Looking Glass Rock. The site doesn’t get many visitors and isn’t marked very well …

Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, Utah

Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument south of Moab, Utah

A huge flat rock in southeastern Utah with one of the largest known collections of petroglyphs in the world.