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Canyonlands National Park, UTAH Not the Most Visited Park of UTAH but Oh zo Amazing. - Niet het Meest Bezochte Park van UTAH maar Oh zo Verbazingwekkend. Green River Overlook, Canyonlands National Park UTAH or The Beehive State. The state of Utah is home of 5 national parks and although Canyonlands National Park is Utah’s largest national park with 527 square miles, it is also the less visited park of the state. The park is split into three districts:  Island in the Sky 40 min northeast from Moab, The Needles 1.20u south of Moab and  The Maze is not that easy to be reached and will take you 5.30u from Moab so not fit for a day-trip.  The Colorado- and Green River literarily separate the districts. Each of the districts shares a desert atmosphere but do have their own landscapes with canyons, mesas, arches, buttes and spires. Because there are no bridges over the two rivers, there are no roads that lead from one to the other district....

US 89  - Een Unieke “Road Trip” -  Van Grens Tot Grens - US 89 – A Unique “Road Trip” -  From Border to Border   Nu zijn er natuurlijk veel wegen die van Noord naar Zuid gaan maar deze is wel heel bijzonder. De US 89 was oorspronkelijk, dit wel zeggen tot 1992, een verbinding die tussen de grenzen van Canada (Carway Border Crossing) en Mexico (Nogales) liep. Dit is zo’n slordige 2.500 km.

Een Grote Schaduw over je heen terwijl je in de Grand Canyon rondloopt.  Ontmoet de Californische Condor - A Large Shadow over you as you walk around the Grand Canyon.  Meet the California Condor If you walk around in the Grand Canyon, a giant shadow may fall over you, which is probably not from a cloud but from the California Condor. The story of the Californian Condor. The Californian condor is a rare and highly threatened bird. Grand Canyon National Park is an important refuge for California condors and one of the best places on earth to see them in the wild. They are the largest flying birds in North America. The birds are very good gliders, who spend a lot of time high up in the air, from where they search for cadavers. They have a wingspan of about 120 inches, sitting they are approximately at waist height 47-51 inches high and can weigh up to 22-24 lb. They can reach an age of 60 years and belong to the vulture family. The Californian c...

US 261 & Moki Dugway, Een Spectaculaire Rit. - US 261 & Moki Dugway - A Spectaculair Drive. De Route Moki Dugway Tijdens onze reis in 2011, op mijn website te vinden met de naam  Denver Connection , zijn wij van Moab, UT naar Monument Valley, UT/AZ gereden. Aangezien het niet veel kilometers rijden is, hebben wij er voor gekozen om een scenic byway te rijden. (Zie meer later in dit stuk)

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK and probably not the only park suffers from graffiti marks on there landmarks - So please can you be sensible and leave the marks off NO GRAFFITI - take a tattoo if you want to leave a mark. Left a ranger cleaning up the graffiti - it gives them unnecessary work and distroyes nature. Thanks to the all rangers for the clean up.  +ArchesNPS   +NationalParkService