This time they got in with only a small delay. The ranger told them they close entry to the park every day for a few hours mid-day (something not mentioned anywhere in the information K+V had previously viewed.) This shot shows what is known as the Moab Fault. Notice how the land on the left (west side of US-191) is two thousand feet higher than the land on the right side. In simplest terms, the underlying salt dissolved causing the ground to sink and forming the bowl where the town of Moab is now located.
Thursday, March 2, 2023
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The Big Five Parks of Southern Utah Tour
In the late summer of 2022 Ken and Virginia needed to use the airline tickets they had purchased way back in 2020 but could not use due to t...
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In the late summer of 2022 Ken and Virginia needed to use the airline tickets they had purchased way back in 2020 but could not use due to t...
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It was worth the effort. The North Window is on the left and the South Window is on the right. The big rock in the middle is what was totall...
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Soon after entering the Zion park this crisscrossed mountain appears as a massive hill towering 900 feet above the highway. It resembles a g...
Building in a sinkhole always a good location!
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