on my birthday, our Ranger, Mike, took us for a ride on the Paria Plateau. Bill is looking down 2500 feet to the Paria River. in the distance is Lee's Ferry, where the Paria meets the Colorado.
Leaving the Grand Staircase/Vermilion Cliffs June 17th 2005 Bill and I have been staying in the Grand Staircase Escalante/Paria-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness since March 11, 2005. We are finding it difficult to leave this spectacular place even though our volunteer jobs are completed.
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North America » United States » Utah Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more