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11-12-2016, 08:05 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Severna Park, Maryland
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Sightseeing via RV in Utah & Colorado
About a month ago, I flew the RV-7 on a ten-day cross-country to/from Baltimore to western Colorado and eastern/southern Utah. I did most of my flying in the morning when the sun lit everything up and the air was smooth. I was fortunate to have outstanding weather the entire trip and was able to take some great pictures of awesome scenery in such places as the Black Canyon NM, Arches NP, Canyonlands NP, Lake Powell, Capital Reef, Dinosaur NM, Bryce Canyon NP, Zion NP, and many other incredible places that aren't national parks. In my opinion, it's the best flying from a scenery point of view in the U.S. (although I have not flown Alaska). I put together a web log of my trip so you can see some of the great pictures. LINK.
Here is a preview:
Arches NP
Black Canyon of the Gunnison River NM
Canyonlands NP
Bryce Canyon NP
Capital Reef NP
Cedar Breaks NM
Great Sand Dunes NP

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11-12-2016, 08:08 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Sightseeing via RV in Utah and Colorado
Twin Lakes, CO near Leadville
Dinosaur NM
Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Colorado River leading to Moab
Green River/Desolation Canyon

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11-12-2016, 08:10 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Severna Park, Maryland
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Sightseeing via RV in Utah and Colorado
Kanab Creek, AZ
Marble Canyon
Monument Valley
Paria River Canyon
San Rafael Swell
Lake Powell
Zion NP
Kanab, UT

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11-12-2016, 08:26 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Asheville, NC
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Beautiful!
Beautiful pix. Thanks for posting them. Flying out to that area is on my bucket list.
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11-12-2016, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Colorado
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Beautiful pictures with an obvious talent for taking them. I'm glad you took advantage of your time out West to see some of the most impressive sights in the four corner States.
Hardly a day goes by that I don't give thanks for the opportunity to live in an area that has all this within one and a half hours from my home base.
Cheers, Hans
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11-12-2016, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ashland, OR
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Very nice. Exceptionally good photography.
Hate to pick a nit, but the Black Canyon of the Gunnison is in Colorado, not New Mexico. Its a great shot though.
thanks for posting these
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11-12-2016, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: New Smyrna Beach, FL
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Wonderful photography! My wife and I have flown our RV-10 over a lot of these places in the last couple of years and it is a spectacular part of this wonderful country. One other nitpick. Cedar Breaks is in Utah, just outside of Cedar City, Utah.
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11-13-2016, 05:44 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central IL
Posts: 5,516
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My dream trip. Echo - Outstanding photography! Thanks for posting.
RE: nitpicks - that just tells that in the air we don't see the boundaries - it's just one big sky. Lets keep it that way.
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and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you
cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge
is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.”
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11-13-2016, 09:02 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Sausalito, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scsmith
Hate to pick a nit, but the Black Canyon of the Gunnison is in Colorado, not New Mexico.
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That fooled me initially too, but his abbreviations are for "National Monument" and "National Park."
Bill, I'm about halfway through the travelogue on your website and loving it! I've been wanting to make a similar trip for years. Next summer I'll make it happen.
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Last edited by colojo : 11-13-2016 at 09:32 AM.
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11-13-2016, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Arizona
Posts: 387
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Great Trip!
Hi Bill,
Thanks for posting. . . Terrific photos including the one of your very nice RV-7! A Dream Trip for sure! Wonderful scenery!
Cheers,
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