This is without question, one of the most amazing rock formations I have ever seen!
We took a trip to Little Finland yesterday. This is my second visit there. It is probably the most obscure place I have ever visited. It takes so long to get there and find the place, that, the last time I went, by the time I found it, the sun was already setting. I was hoping for better light this time. Didn't really happen. We were there for 4-5 hours, and the sun only came out for about 20 minutes. But, at least it did come out, and I did get a few shots.
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Here's one from Monument Valley a couple months ago. A telephoto shot of the Totem Poles early on a hazy morning.
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I can't think of anything intelligent to say about this one. Ummmmmmmmm... Uhhhh... It's Bryce Canyon. Oh crap, I already said that in my title. Ummmm... I like Bryce Canyon. It's cool. This is Sunset Point. Sunset Point was like really cool and stuff.
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Another from last months visit to the always bizarre, Little Finland. This crazy windblown sandstone is full of shapes and holes and arches. In this scene alone there are at least a dozen arches, anywhere from a few inches high to a few feet.
I will be off my computer for the next few days. Jill and I are taking another little roadtrip. This time we are doing a loop around New Mexico. Going to see Bisti Badlands. Maybe Chaco Canyon. White Sands. Ruidoso... Not sure what else.
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Yes… Seriously… That's what it is called.
Try saying that, three times fast.
Nah. Forget that. I can't even pronounce it once.
Sounds like an NFL kicker's last name.
This has to hold the prize for being the most obscure place I have ever found. I seriously can't believe I found this tiny little arch, scattered amongst hundreds of square miles of red sandstone formations. I went purely by an extremely vague description in a book, and a set of GPS coordinates that turned out to be wrong by about a half a mile, which left me with only the vague written directions.
In case anyone wants to find this place. Here are the written directions.
From Moab, drive 12 miles south and turn right on a nameless dirt road with no sign.
Drive a half mile up that road and turn right at fork in road.
Drive 1.2 miles in 4WD low gear going no more than one MPH on the roughest 4x4 road in existence.
Hope and pray that none of the boulders scraping against the bottom of your truck rip off anything important.
Take a wild guess which way to go at each of the three or four forks in the road not mentioned in book.
After 1.2 miles, come to a fork in the road.
The road on right is too rough for anything with wheels to navigate.
Park truck and walk up the road on right for one mile until the road ends.
At end of road, ignore your GPS which is telling you that arch is half a mile to your right.
Instead, look to the left, and up, and there on top of about a 500 foot high mountain is this tiny little pinhole. That is it!
Scratch and claw your way straight up the side of mountain climbing up and over big boulders and through thick shrubbery until you get to the top.
Walk around the top of the mountain until you find the arch, which is now completely hidden from view.
It's as simple as that!
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