2009年8月--西行漫記

8月的最後一周又到西部山裏走了一遭。我就是喜歡這空曠無人的境地和奇妙無比，變幻莫測的群山......所以每年都要來這裏轉一轉......























































從MOAB路經過Capital Reef National Park，到達Torrey，然後進入SR12。 這是一條非常美麗，風景無限的路經，建議筒子們有機會一定到那條路上走一遭。注意你要是從北向南開的話，風景多在東麵，也就是driver site;而從南向北開的話，passenger site的以盡情地看風景了。




這條路還經過Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monumen，占地1.9 million畝。下麵這段是我從網上扒下來的介紹，供參考：

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s vast and austere landscape embraces a spectacular array of scientific and historic resources. This high, rugged, and remote region, where bold plateaus and multi-hued cliffs run for distances that defy human perspective, was the last place in the continental United States to be mapped.

Even today, this unspoiled natural area remains a frontier, a quality that greatly enhances the Monument’s value for scientific study. The Monument has a long and dignified human history: it is a place where one can see how nature shapes human endeavors in the American West, where distance and aridity have pitted against our dreams and courage.

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument spans nearly 1.9 million acres of America’s public lands. From its spectacular Grand Staircase of cliffs and terraces, across the rugged Kaiparowits Plateau, to the wonders of the Escalante River Canyons, the Monument’s size, resources, and remote character provide extraordinary opportunities for geologists, paleontologists, archeologists, historians, and biologists in scientific research, education, and exploration.


















經過Open Ranch

















在Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monumen行駛，路是在山頂，視野很開闊。











向下看溝底





從Staircase-Escalante 出來，擦邊穿過BryceNP。去過BryceNP好幾次了，這次就沒作停留，也沒照太多的PP。

從NPs出來，拐了個彎去了Sand Hollow SP。紅山石，近紅色的湖水，Sand Bearch的細沙也是紅色的。








Campground的每個camp site都隔的挺遠。周圍的景色也很寬闊，一眼望出去至少有NN miles:




沒有去過西藏，但李娜這首"青藏高原"很能表達人在高原的一種心境.

謝謝收看！