Utah
Dusk, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
November 2015
As the sun set on the last night of our road trip we were treated to a beautiful cloudy sky with gradients of yellow, peach, pink and blue. I reminded myself, as I often do when I am away from home, that I should find a way to hold onto this light feeling in my heart that I seem to only find when I am traveling.
Inspiration Point, Bryce Canyon, Utah
November 2015
Just in case you were wondering what was at our backs as we stood on the edge of Bryce Canyon... A surprisingly lush and green national park actually.
Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon, Utah
November 2015
No words really for how it felt to look upon this view. I was so glad to be there with good friends on the second last day of our road trip. I was thinking of how soon I would have to go back to the big dirty wonderful city of New York, and I was just trying to soak up as much fresh air and pine tree smells as possible.
Sunrise Point, Bryce Canyon, Utah
November 2015
As you drive around the south-western United States you start to wonder how many beautiful national parks can be clustered within hours of each other. The amazing Bryce Canyon was only half a day from Antelope Canyon in Arizona, which was also only half a day from the Grand Canyon. I haven't seen a natural landscape this magical since Cappadocia in central Turkey a decade ago. In Turkey they call these spire shaped formations fairy chimneys. Here in the US they call them hoodoos. I think we were lucky to see these hoodoos with a light covering of snow, it made the view even more serene and breathtaking.
The Rock Stop, Orderville, Utah
November 2015
This fifty year old pink Flintstones-style hut used to be some kind of dinosaur museum. The current owner bought it and turned it into a rock shop where one can buy local petrified wood, colored glass, quartz and all kinds of other rocks. I managed to resist the temptation to buy anything, telling myself my bag was already heavy enough.