| Canyonlands National Park
(The Needles and Island in the Sky) Arches National Park and Moab Area May, 2005 |
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Ship Rock in the four corners area on the way to the Utah. |
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| We arrived late at night (after Amanda had a bout of food poisioning). This is the first view we had of the Needles formations with the rain flowing in behind it. |
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| Our campsite at "The Outpost" before we set out backpacking for two nights in Chesler Park. |
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| It rained for the entire time we backpacked into the Needles. But the canyons and rock formations were still beautiful. |
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| Backpacking the trails in the Needles area isn't like most backpacking trails. Lost of slick rock, climbs, squeezes, etc. We used a lot of our caving skills too! |
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| This is a small arch along the trail. |
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| Amanda with Elephant Canyon in the background and more rain. |
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| One of the canyons along the hike. |
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