Day 46: Pine Creek switchback

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

I get up to go to the Pine Creek switchback for reflection shots.  I get there early enough to find a nice reflection.  I am a bit disappointed that some of the rocks in the creek are showing.








I go from there back through the tunnel and to the Checkerboard mesa.  This is a mesa that looks like a checkerboard.







As I turn and look behind me from the previous picture, I see a bunch of animals resting on the side of mesa.  They are Desert Big Horn Sheep.  How lucky can you be?  These animals are very hard to find evidently and I happen upon a herd.







This one is laying like my dog might lay.


It looks like this one is about to head butt the sheep in front of it.  However, it is just stretching and eventually lays back down.

This is a picture of the herd.  They are so spread out it is hard to get a good picture of them all.  Notice how they are all looking different directions.  I don't think that is a coincidence.


On the way back home took some more pictures of the mesas with different patterns.  They did not come out as I hoped.  I am still trying to figure out how to take the pictures such that the patterns really stand out.












I decide to get some exercise today by hiking Angel's Landing Trail up to Scout lookout.  I don't think I made it there but had a good hike.

Angel's Landing Trail



Virgin river from bridge crossing it.
For sunset I decide to take pictures from the Big Bend stop.  It is supposed to have some really nice views.






The sun was not really doing much, so I moved to mule deer.  Or as my wife likes to call them deer mule.  The deer lose their antlers yearly and begin growing them back this time of the year.

Places visited:

  • Big Bend National Park
  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Upper Antelope Canyon
  • Horseshoe Bend
  • Arches National Park
  • Canyonlands National Park
  • Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Zion National Park


Paul and Vicki Kristoff
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