This place was so big it took us two days to cover just a small portion of it, after all it covers 1.9 million acres of America's public lands. This national monument was established in 1996. This place is massive to say the least. I have narrowed the pictures to a few compared to the number that was actually taken.
(if you click on the pictures they will become larger.)
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| Grosvenor Arch |
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| A neat slot canyon we happened upon. We put on our water walking shoes and off we went to explore. Abby in the lead!!! |
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| Scenery from Hwy 12 |
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| Hell's backbone. A very unique off road experience. |
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| The Road to Hell's backbone looked Innocent enough..... looks are deceiving. |
Please excuse me while I get on a political soap box for a few minutes.....while driving through Grand Staircase NM we came upon the following area.
I told Jim that it looked like coal mining country and I thought it odd that this would be part of the national monument area. Well I found out that President Clinton had proclaimed it as part of the national monument after they found out there was enough coal in that region to last the United States 250 years. It also killed the prospect of over 200 jobs for the area . I am really not sure who's side our government is on....I don't think they are on the working class side. Needless to say the people of Kanab, UT are not impressed with our government either.
Well, if you ever get the chance to visit this area hope you have lots of time because it is really, really big.
Until later,
Barb and Jim
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