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Location Date Europe 1460847600 North America 
1433890800 Asia 1429225200 Africa 1420156800 South America 1359072000 Oceania 1291766400 -
Location Date Colorado 1433890800 Wyoming 1433718000 Montana 1433545200 Idaho 1433113200 Washington 1433026800 Oregon 1432940400 California 1432594800 Utah
1432422000 Nevada 1432422000 Hawaii 1331510400 Alberta 1324857600 Arizona 1263772800 Illinois 1263254400 Indiana 1263168000 Ohio 1262995200 Michigan 1262908800 Ontario 1262908800 New York 1262563200 -
Location Date Heber City 1432422000 Wendover 1324166400 Salt Lake City 1323820800 Moab, Utah
1322697600 Springdale 1264118400 Monument Valley 1263945600
30/11/11
1/12/11
Spent the last few days in Breckenridge sightseeing. Took the free gondola ride to the ski slopes, but not much of a view for any good pictures. Breckenridge, along with Vail etc are like ghost towns. There are just no tourist's. Could be the lack of good snow, or the GFC. Some shops don't even open till noon, and are closed by 5pm
2/12/11
The drive to Moab is about 5 hours. The first 4 hours on the I 70 highway was a little boring. We turned off the highway and headed to Moab via a back road. Well this was a great idea. The road followed the mighty Colorado River for the next 100ks. Slow going, but the views were amazing. Huge Mesa and Buttes and stunning rock formations made the drive take twice as long, always stopping to take pictures.
We had time to visit Arches National Park before sunset, but only just. Sunset is 4.45pm. We did get to see most of the Arches.
The hotel we are staying in, the AArchway Inn is not to bad for $60 a night including breakfast. The breakfast is not what you call very appetizing. The main thing is that we slept well.
3/12/11
Well we have seen some pretty interesting places, but nothing comes close to Canyonlands National Park. We spent the whole day in this park, and still did not see everything.
The scenery and the views were nothing short of breathtaking. We were only 5,000 feet above sea level, the temperature was just below freezing, and occasionally light snow was falling. So it was rather cold, but luckily the wind held off, or the wind chill factor would have kept us in the car.
The best part of visiting the National parks at this time of the year is there is nobody else here. We had the place to ourselves except for about 3 other car loads of people. The Ranger was telling us that Arches NP gets so busy in summer, that it is impossible to get a park, so you don't get to see the sights. The NP are thinking of closing the park to car, and run a shuttle service.
Tomorrow we head south to Sedona, Arizona, about a 6 our drive. The route we have chosen takes us through Monument Valley. Monument Valley is home to the Navajo Indian Tribe. The valley is surrounded by Mesa and Buttes, can't wait to see them. A lot of Western movies were shot here including the John Wayne movies.
Canyonland NP was only opened back in 1964, otherwise the whole area was to be mined for uranium, oil and gas. Luckily the National Parks managed to kick the mining companies out!
1/12/11
Spent the last few days in Breckenridge sightseeing. Took the free gondola ride to the ski slopes, but not much of a view for any good pictures. Breckenridge, along with Vail etc are like ghost towns. There are just no tourist's. Could be the lack of good snow, or the GFC. Some shops don't even open till noon, and are closed by 5pm
2/12/11
The drive to Moab is about 5 hours. The first 4 hours on the I 70 highway was a little boring. We turned off the highway and headed to Moab via a back road. Well this was a great idea. The road followed the mighty Colorado River for the next 100ks. Slow going, but the views were amazing. Huge Mesa and Buttes and stunning rock formations made the drive take twice as long, always stopping to take pictures.
We had time to visit Arches National Park before sunset, but only just. Sunset is 4.45pm. We did get to see most of the Arches.
The hotel we are staying in, the AArchway Inn is not to bad for $60 a night including breakfast. The breakfast is not what you call very appetizing. The main thing is that we slept well.
3/12/11
Well we have seen some pretty interesting places, but nothing comes close to Canyonlands National Park. We spent the whole day in this park, and still did not see everything.
The scenery and the views were nothing short of breathtaking. We were only 5,000 feet above sea level, the temperature was just below freezing, and occasionally light snow was falling. So it was rather cold, but luckily the wind held off, or the wind chill factor would have kept us in the car.
The best part of visiting the National parks at this time of the year is there is nobody else here. We had the place to ourselves except for about 3 other car loads of people. The Ranger was telling us that Arches NP gets so busy in summer, that it is impossible to get a park, so you don't get to see the sights. The NP are thinking of closing the park to car, and run a shuttle service.
Tomorrow we head south to Sedona, Arizona, about a 6 our drive. The route we have chosen takes us through Monument Valley. Monument Valley is home to the Navajo Indian Tribe. The valley is surrounded by Mesa and Buttes, can't wait to see them. A lot of Western movies were shot here including the John Wayne movies.
Canyonland NP was only opened back in 1964, otherwise the whole area was to be mined for uranium, oil and gas. Luckily the National Parks managed to kick the mining companies out!
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