Thursday, May 15, 2014

NICE HABIT: HEADING SOUTH!

Hooray for my 3 "girl"(we are young at heart)  cousins, and hooray for our being able to have our 4th annual Cousin Capers at one cousin's home in St. George, Utah!  Even if we can go 10 more years, we will never get enough of this stunning area.  Each year we have chosen different hikes and destinations.
This year, our first hike was in the "White Rocks"wilderness area in Snow Canyon.

Early on  the trail: 


Going ever upwards.  I loved making this photo of the dark, dead tree against the crinkled white rock, showing opposites of textures and colors: 

Higher yet:

Valiant blooms:


Lucky were we to catch this echinopsis, which blooms only at night, and very rarely:

To me, the dead and dried "blooms" have beauty too:


Red rocks adjoin the White Rocks in stunning duet, and again, I wanted to make a photo with a dead and brittle tree: 



We spent a day up at Pine Valley.  This area is desert also, but the panorama looks refreshing:

Another hike was in the Chuckwalla wilderness area.  This is a perfect example of the terrain, where any kind of a "trail" is hard to find:

We spent our long day scrambling over areas like this:

And we were rewarded with exceptionally varied scenes, close at hand: (next 4 pics)









Lucky me!  I could take my morning walk  from my cousin's front door right in Snow Canyon.  

My walks were in the cool of each morning, and the rising sun made highlights and shadows of different views:







It rained one day, but was not a negative, as I still got photos in the morning:

3 comments:

pat said...

I feel as if I had been there with you on all the rambles. What a stunningly beautiful area! You've captured it (overall and detailed) perfectly. Of course, I love the sand dune shot...

MaryLou said...

Oh, MaryLynne, once again you have captured beauty only you can do! These pictures are amazingly breathtaking and certainly brings back memories we were so fortunate to experience.

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