(82) Arches National Park

Visited Together:

1. May 2010
2. April 2014 + OZL

Type: National Park
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Moab, UT
Link: NPS website 

Passport Description: Arches National Park preserves over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch. The extraordinary features of the park - including balanced rocks, fins and pinnacles - are highlighted by a striking environment of contrasting colors, landforms, and textures. 

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 Delicate Arch, April 2010

Owen's first visit to Arches, April 2014

 

Pine Tree Arch, April 2014

 Tunnel Arch, April 2014

(81) Canyonlands National Park

Visited Together:

1. May 2010
2. April 2014 + OZL

Type: National Park
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Moab, UT
Link: NPS website 

Passport Description: The Colorado River and its tributaries eroded this colorful landscape of sedimentary sandstones into countless canyons, mesas and buttes. The Colorado and Green rivers divide the park into four districts.

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 The Needles, May 2010

 Owen's first visit to Canyonlands, May 2014

Buck Canyon Overlook, May 2014

 Grand View Point, May 2014

(79) Capitol Reef National Park

 Visited Together:

1. May 2010

Type: National Park
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Torrey, UT
Link: NPS website 

Passport Description: The Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile long wrinkle, or "monocline" in the earth's crust, extends from nearby Thousand Lakes Mountain to the Colorado River (now Lake Powell). The park was established to protect this grand and colorful geologic feature, as well as the unique historical and cultural history found in the area.

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Historic Gifford Homestead, May 2010

 

 Capitol Gorge, May 2010

(78) Kings Canyon National Park

Visited Together:

1. July 2009

Type: National Park
Region: Western Region
Location: In the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare and Fresno counties, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: This park and its neighboring Sequoia NP are home to giants: immense mountains, deep canons, and huge trees. The Generals Highway climbs over 5,000 feet from chaparral and oak-studded foothills to the awe-inspiring sequoia groves.

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 Fallen Monarch, July 2009

 

General Grant Tree, July 2009

 

 Kings Canyon, July 2009

(77) Sequoia National Park

Visited Together:

1. July 2009

Type: National Park
Region: Western Region
Location: In the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare and Fresno counties, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Thanks to their huge elevation range, 1,500 to 14,491 feet, this park and its neighboring Kings Canyon NP protect stunningly diverse habitats with immense mountains, deep canyons, and huge trees.

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 Sequoia, July 2009

Sequoia, July 2009

(70) Mesa Verde National Park

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

Type: National Park
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Cortez and Mancos, CO
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: From 600 through 1300 AD, people lived and flourished in communities throughout the area, building elaborate stone villages in the sheltered alcoves of the canon walls. These cliff dwellings represent the last 75 to 100 years of occupation at Mesa Verde.

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  Cliff Palace, June 2009

  Cliff Palace, June 2009

(69) Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

Type: National Park
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Montrose, CO
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: The Black Canyon of the Gunnison's unique and spectacular landscape was formed slowly by the action of water and rock scouring down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock.

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Tomichi Point, June 2009

 Painted Wall View, June 2009