mardi 22 juin 2010

Sunday - Back to Albuquerque

Back to New Mexico! Acoma Pueblos Sky City: One of the first village in New Mexico, build on a mesa






Church build by the Spanish in ~1600







Saturday - Antelope Canyon and Monument Valley

Crossing the Colorado River, we enter the Navajo Land Antelope Canyon











Horse shoe: meander of the Colorado River








Monument valley


















































































































Friday Hiking in the Grand Canyon



























Thursday - Relax day: Road to Grand Canyon

Arizona here we are! North rim of Grand Canyon
But become more and more dry approching the cliffs....


Sunset at the Grand Canyon


Camping at night... temperature drop to 4°C!







Wednesday - Bryce Canyon NP

After a cowboy breakfast... Let's discover the wonder of Bryce Canyon National Park!














lundi 21 juin 2010

Tuesday Canyonland NP, Goblin valley, Capitol ref NP

View of the Colorad River from dead horse point, canyonland

Goblin Valley




Capitol Reef National Park







Monday Arches NP







Landscape Arch




Elephant shaped arch










Delicate Arch













Sunday Mesa Verde (Co) and road to Moab

Mesa verde National Park. Mesa = table

Native american village ... Have you ever read Thorgal? it looks just like the xinjins village

Forest fire: a natural process...




Welcome to Mormon's country
Camping in Moab in the middle of slick rock formation: amazing!









Saturday Santa Fe (NM) - New Mexico (Co)

Shopping for ever... Finally hitting the road...
Forest fire
Ghost ranch, much painted and favorite place of the srtist George O'Keefe
Colorado!!!

Santa Fe - Durango