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California Road Trip — 2021 (contd) — part 4.

After packing up the test at the camp site, I headed out of Death Valley to Las Vegas and then on to Hurricane. Zion National Park is a few miles east of Hurricane, so I managed to spend a couple of hours in the late afternoon. The Watchman is one feature at the entrance to the park, and was still lit by the setting sun. So I headed up to a location where there is a decent foreground to make this location.

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The Watchman, Zion, 2021.

Zion had also received that same weather system from the west coast, as evidenced by the snow above. By the time I arrived, the snow had melted, so when I got back to the truck… time to clean boots again!

The next morning, I headed towards Moab along state roads 12 and 24 through Utah. Near Henrieville, I pulled off near the mesa to make this image of the cliffs against the clear blue sky.

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Mesa Near Henrieville.

The route back to Moab passes through the Capitol Reef National Park near Torrey. So I spent a couple of hours there. In this image the sandstone cliffs stood out against a blue sky. By this time, there were a couple of thin wispy clouds above the cliffs that I included in the image.

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Capitol Reef, No 1.

At the entrance to the park, I stopped by the Fremont River. After walking down to the river, a couple of deer crossed in front of me. This deer stopped to see what I was up to!

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Deer, Fremont River.

As the sun moved lower through the sky, the cliff and canyon walls reflected in the river, creating these spectacular orange/brown reflections in the water.

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Canyon Reflections, Fremont River.

The road leaving the park passes through Cathedral Valley near the town of Caineville. I stopped to make this image of the valley cliffs, lit by the last rays of the setting sun.

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Cathedral Valley Sunset, Caineville.

A few miles later, the full moon rose above the road, but I continued on to Moab for the last night before returning home.

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