Several days ago I went hiking up in
Kolob Canyon with Tom, my camping neighbor. The entire landscape was filled with a rush of color, texture and life; truly magical.
As I turned a corner and came upon this scene, a deep sense of contentment washed over me; an intense childlike joy that rose up like a bubble and burst into happiness.
You can not improve on the Master Artist's colorful handiwork; I just take the picture and sigh.
Many people never see
Kolob Canyon when they visit Zion. It is a 60 minute drive from the Zion Canyon Visitor Center, but well worth the effort.
Color this deep and rich makes me feel very wealthy.
Here is Tom, the master at detail, a wonderful photographer and fellow hiker. Thankfully he was there to pick me up and save my camera when I tumbled and fell into the creek.
The hike to Double Arch Alcove follows Taylor Creek up into the Alcove. We must have crossed the creek 30 times, back and forth during the five mile hike.
“The National Parks represent the wildness inside us. they’re the place where we can be lonely where we can experience solitude; they’re a place we go to as refuge as sanctuary. It’s the place we go out to, to come back in. It’s the only place perhaps left in many people’s lives where that’s possible.” Gretel Ehrlich
The canyon was alive with color; crimson red, yellow ocher, lime green, rust orange, burnt sienna and jet black.
I am in heaven, soaking up the essence of nature in this spectacular place.
Double Arch Alcove; a stunning alcove with desert varnish stained cliffs, lush vegetation and water seeping down the sides.
Taylor Creek and the hike out to the Alcove has become one of my favorite places.
Shortly after we arrived in the Alcove it started to rain. We huddled up with four other hikers and shared our food, swapped travel stories and watched the rain.
"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books." John Lubbock
Several days ago I went hiking up in Kolob Canyon with Tom, my camping neighbor. The entire landscape was filled with a rush of color, texture and life; truly magical.
As I turned a corner and came upon this scene, a deep sense of contentment washed over me; an intense childlike joy that rose up like a bubble and burst into happiness.
You can not improve on the Master Artist's colorful handiwork; I just take the picture and sigh.
Many people never see Kolob Canyon when they visit Zion. It is a 60 minute drive from the Zion Canyon Visitor Center, but well worth the effort.
Color this deep and rich makes me feel very wealthy.
Here is Tom, the master at detail, a wonderful photographer and fellow hiker. Thankfully he was there to pick me up and save my camera when I tumbled and fell into the creek.
The hike to Double Arch Alcove follows Taylor Creek up into the Alcove. We must have crossed the creek 30 times, back and forth during the five mile hike.
“The National Parks represent the wildness inside us. they’re the place where we can be lonely where we can experience solitude; they’re a place we go to as refuge as sanctuary. It’s the place we go out to, to come back in. It’s the only place perhaps left in many people’s lives where that’s possible.” Gretel Ehrlich 
The canyon was alive with color; crimson red, yellow ocher, lime green, rust orange, burnt sienna and jet black.
I am in heaven, soaking up the essence of nature in this spectacular place.
Double Arch Alcove; a stunning alcove with desert varnish stained cliffs, lush vegetation and water seeping down the sides.
Taylor Creek and the hike out to the Alcove has become one of my favorite places.
Shortly after we arrived in the Alcove it started to rain. We huddled up with four other hikers and shared our food, swapped travel stories and watched the rain.
"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books." John Lubbock