Blogs from Moab, Utah, United States, North America - page 14

July 12-13 10:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Last night Juan Rambo took us to hunt for the moon up Bootlegger Canyon (about 15 miles outside of Moab). Say what you want to about the red rock countryside, but the night sky out here would blow away even the most ardent urban dweller. The dome of millions of stars stretched infinitely above the black silhouettes of cliffs. Using cairns, J Rambo led us 440 feet up 'slick stone' in the dark. Wolf spider eyes shined like diamond dust (…or like Edward Cullen/Generalissimo’s QofD) in the beams of our headlamps (thank you, Tommy K. and Scout!). Yunkyard corralled us all together, making sure we kept up. About a mile and a half in, J Rambo brought us to the Corona Arch (http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/moab/recreation/hiking_trails/corona_arch_trail.html). The Navajo sandstone arch extends more ... read more

Et voilà plein de photos, pour vous faire patienter! En attendant un jolie post sur les américains comme on les aime, les vraies fissures qui nous aiment pas, la beauté du désert... Ecco un sacco di foto, per farvi aspetare! Aspettando un bel post sugli americani che ci piaciono, le vere fessure a chi non piaciamo, la bellezza del deserto... Et voila le texte: On a rencontré les vrais shootés au « crack » (fissure en Anglais). Ils ont les yeux qui brillent et des plaies plein les mains, symptômes corolaires à leur addiction; Crack trad climbing? (escalade en fissure sur protections naturelles) Quoi de plus effrayant? Quoi de plus beau pour un grimpeur? On parle souvent de lignes! Celles-ci sont les plus évidentes du monde. Voilà comment nous avons rencontré au camping de Moab, trois ... read more

John Wayne once famously said that Moab is "where God put the West" and I'll agree with that! I had a couple of days off work, and decided to go west. Since the weather has been decent in the mountains, I was able to take I-70 from home to Grand Junction ( a town on the west side of the Rockies), and onward to Moab, Utah. Grand Junction is the home of the Colorado National Monument, which I must confess I had never even heard of until I got within 5 miles of it. Of course, I couldn't pass by without checking it out. It was established as a national monument in 1911 by President Taft. It was awesome!! It reminded me of a mini-Grand Canyon, but no less breath-taking. Sheer walled canyons of gorgeous colors, ... read more

写真があるのでぜひ左のPHOTOSをクリック　場所はアメリカ　ユタ州のモアブの近くにあるキャニオンランド国立公園です　 tower climbing is a lot fun and a lot adventure! I love it so much! I was crazy about tower." washer woman tower"," standing rock"," Moses", "a.k.a Jimmy's chimney"," King fisher tower","sorcer's apprentice right", "Light house tower" ALL SO GOOD!!!!... read more

So it really is a big ass hole in the ground, cool place to see, the Swedes had to admit it was cool. The Swedes are such giving people at one point I look at Olof who is eating a melted Snickers bar and I inquire how it got so melted and he tells me it’s been in his pocket the whole trip and then asks if I want some, what would you say to such an offer, I politely declined Olofs generous offer. Now we venture into the desolate shithole called the desert with its wonderful moonscape and depressed Reservations. On a positive note we had Navajo tacos at a reservation trading post(thanks for the idea Mehens), like a page out of an Anthony Bourdain novel we attempted to eat the entire hubcap sized fried ... read more