sharing paradise 14 comments
Yesterday, Sabrina, Sage and I arrived back in Canada after spending our fourth winter in Bisbee. We took a meandering route homeward this year, on the road and camping here and there for most of the past three weeks, in the company of my good friend and fellow blogger, Larry Ayers, of Riverside Rambles. Before leaving Arizona, we visited the Grand Canyon, and Boyce-Thompson Arboretum. Larry is a botany enthusiast, so the arboretum was a favourite place of Don’s and mine that I wished to share with him.
In Utah, we toured one of the places that I most enjoy camping and hiking – the back country around Kanab – before moving on to see Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Arches National Park, and hike to the ruins on the trails around Hovenweep National Monument. See photos above and below of some of these places (click on all images for larger views).
We camped in all sorts of places from forest service camps atop snowy mountains, to sites along Waterpocket Fold in Capitol Reef, and on BLM lands in the high desert beyond Kodachrome Basin.
We did quite a bit of exploration on foot across mesas and in an awesome slot canyon.
We followed many a winding road through mind-blowing landscapes.
We shot photos of impossible rock formations and ancient ruins.
After leaving Utah, we made our way through Colorado and Kansas, then wound up our wanderings with a visit to see bison on range land within Prairie State Park in southwest Missouri.
Over the past four winters, I’ve visited many of the above places alone with just my two dogs for company. I might not ever have retraced my journey, but it was fun to be able to share a few slices of paradise with a good friend. It’s been quite awhile since I’ve had that opportunity.
