Station for tourist train in Chama, New Mexico. This was the first stop on our driving trip, but we did not take the train ride.
The steam train is ready to depart.
Part of "Sleeping Ute" mountain in Colorado. Taken from a rest stop on hightway 491, just west of Mesa Verde.
As we drove, this isolated structure suddenly appeared.
As we got closer, we could begin to get a sense of scale. It is called "Church Rock" or "Newspaper Rock". There are many petroglyphs here. Pictures of the…
Do you see what looks like an entrance at the base? It was cut out in the 1920’s by a religious group that was going to hollow out the whole structure.…
The white dot in the entrance is a person. The entrance is about 16 feet high.
The rainclouds and virga in the back highlight the colors
This is also known as Newspaper rock because of the many petroglyphs--sort of like El Morro Article about Newspaper Rock
Wilson Arch, in Utah, was the first "bridge" structure we saw on our trip.
Wilson Arch, on Highway 191, north of Monticello, Utah
Looking down at the highway and vistor center at the entrance to Arches National Park. Link to more Arches National Park info
There are rocks that look like they are going to fall all over the place.
These signs were all over, but you could see that people ignored them.
Some of the structures were isolated. This is "Courthouse Towers".
These slabs (properly called "fins") look to be only a few feet thick.
Everywhere we looked it seemd like there was a face or head hidden in the rocks. This one reminded us of a pharaoh.