The wonderful scenery round this part of the USA just gets more and more amazing. (That's why this are is known as the Great Circle.)
The day before yesterday we were at Bryce Canyon which is a wierd world of eroded spires and pinnacles of rock known as hoodoos. It's like something on another planet in a science fiction movie.
Then it was on to Arches, where - as the name suggests - the wind has carved huge arches in narrow fins of rock. We were there again this morning and then on to somewhere called Dead Horse Point for an overview of the Canyonlands area, part of the Colorado river valley further upstream from the Grand Canyon. The scale is stupendous and it's hard to believe the Grand Canyon is going to be even bigger.
In each place we do several shortish walks to see the most exciting views. This morning's four hour walk involved a fair amount of scrambling over the rocks and was quite an adventure.
Photos don't really do justice to landscapes on this scale but I've included one from Bryce and one from Arches.
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