
Stretching the horses' legs near the Colorado/Utah border. Six hours on the road, six to go.

Riding on slick rock, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Sunset from camp

Sunset from camp

Sunset from camp

Sunrise from camp (note the setting full Moon)

Collected rainwater, the only source for people and horses

Waterhole above a deep dry wash

Dry wash cut through sandstone

Waterhole

Moonrise

Another sunset from camp

Evening ride, with Venus in the sky

Evening in camp

Deep, sandy wash

Juniper forest in valley below surrounding plateaus

Sandstone formation

Distant plateaus and mesas

Rock Springs erosion

Riding Rock Springs down to the Paria river

Rock Springs side canyon

Rising canyon walls as the creek descends

Rock Springs canyon wall

Near the bottom of Rock Spring canyon

Late afternoon on the Paria River

The Paria River

The Paria River

On the Thunder Mountain trail, near Bryce Canyon

Red Canyon zone of Bryce Canyon

Hoodoos and capstone structures

Sandstone structures

Sandstone structures

Hoodoos along the trail

On the trail in hoodoo country

Arid, but far from dead

Erosion on a grand scale

A rock forest

Another Bryce side canyon

Millions of years of deposition, almost returned to sand

Across the canyon

Across the canyon

Across the canyon

Sandstone structures above the distant valley

Upper Bryce side canyon

Trail sentinels

A distant mesa