Utah

Goblin Valley is a state park in the Hanksville area of Utah (west of Moab). It was the first place we visited on our trip to Utah, Arizona and southern California. It is known for the thousands of weird formations that fill the valley, formations that often resemble toadstools or goblins. This part of the park is known as The Goblins' Lair. We spent a few hours there before heading on to other places.

While in Arches and Canyonlands we met a man who suggested stopping to see the petroglyphs at Sand Island, Utah. We did stop on our way south and walked along the San Juan River and found the petroglyphs there, some of them shown in the photo. The petroglyphs are found on the bluffs above the river over a nearly 100 meter area and are very clear and impressive.

Sand Island is a recreation area under the authority of the Bureau of Land Management. We stopped there to see the Native American petroglyphs on the bluffs above the San Juan River. We walked the trail shown in the photo and found the petroglyphs in various areas along the bluffs, very clear and impressive, some of them shown in the inset photo.

This waterfall is found along Highway 6 in Utah, southeast of Salt Lake City. We were traveling along the highway when my wife saw the falls. We stopped walked back to it and only then noticed that someone had dumped some kind of coloring over the ice. The photos I took were attractive enough that I decided to post one on them. The falls are on Ford Creek and as far as I know have no official name. It is sometimes referred to as the Pricicle since it is most beautiful in the winter when it turns to the icy splendor visible here.

This was evening at Moonscape Overlook near Hanksville, Utah. We had found our way there over a very rough road and after getting lost, and car-camped there for the night in order to watch both sunset and sunrise.

Our first day in Utah, after visiting Goblin Valley we went on to Moonscape Overlook. We had difficulty finding the way and then had to drive a very rough road, but car-camped there that evening andd watched both sunset and sunrise, this the sunrise.

Goblin Valley State Park near Hanksville, Utah, was one of the places we visited on r recent trip. This is the main area of the park where the goblins and what is known as the Goblin's Lair are found.

This is one of the formations just outside Goblin Valley in the state park of that name. It is known as The Three Sisters. Goblin Valley State Park is near Hanksville, Utah.

The area of Factory Butte is a busy recreation area in Utah. Near Hanksville, the land is used for off-road vehicles, camping and other outdoor activities. The tracks of some orv's can be seen at the base of these formations.