Sunday, June 01, 2008

SPS: Zion from the Outside

Zion canyon is beautiful from the inside, but its not too shabby from the outside either :)

One evening we had an hour or two of sunlight left and hated to waste it. So, we decided to go find Grafton, a ghost town about ten miles from our campsite. Grafton turned out to be beautifully situated, and the late evening light was the perfect complement to the red rock surroundings. The tall whitish spires at the top left are the walls of Zion. The land really had the "Old West" feel to it. It's no wonder that western movies are regularly filmed in this area.

This picture is one of my favorites from our stay in Utah.

5 comments:

Shionge said...

I bet you do coz I do too :D I can never get enough of Canyons :)

SandyCarlson said...

Not too shabby is right! I like at all that rock and see Time.

Tom said...

It certainly is a beautiful place Ash... I can not imagine a ghost town.. or an area the size of which that must be needed to make one.. To me blogging as opened my eyes to the vastness of your country.

Linda said...

What a beautiful picture.

Anonymous said...

That is 100% beautiful.