yes, I should have blogged by the day on our trip, but, we were so filled with adventures
I have a Stow away!!!
So Cheryl and I left very early on June 6th to fly to Denver from Buffalo, NY..... We went to Vegas first. We didn't understand why we had to fly over Denver and double back, but it was amazing...... on the way to Vegas, the pilot said.... " All those on the left hand side of the plane look out and you will see the Grand Canyon. " So Cheryl and I knew what side of the plane to be on from Vegas to Denver.....
That is when Cheryl and I got a preview of our trip..... We saw Page, Lake Powell and Monument Valley...... OMGosh it was so Amazing..... That was when the Magic started, and it didn't stop till we got home......
Horseshoe Bend and Page, AZ
Lake Powell
Monument Valley
We landed in Denver and I got to see the Crazy Paintings at the airport that I have heard about ..... so strange.....
I don't understand all this.... so strange....
The Magic continues when we are upgraded to a Rav 4..... Sweet.... extra room for all of our stuff!
We go to Cheryl's nieces place for the night. We get there and Simone is still working so we head out to Red Rocks.....
It is hot our, and we are enjoying the beautiful scenery, the magic continues, and we are offered some wonderful tasting Watermelon from some nice people we met. very welcomed, because it's pretty hot out
Simone's Puppy!
We had a great night with Simone and we just chilled and got ready for our adventure on the next day. We are heading to Moab to an AirBnB .... Off the Grid Camping in Moab....
The Travels to Moab from Denver is just absolutely Breath Taking....
Yes, as I was driving.... Cheryl said.... "are you crying?" Yes, I was brought to tears by the beauty of our country.... It is just Breath Taking.... Magnificent..... Amazing...... How can I not be in AWE?????
Pano from one of our stops in Colorado on our way to Moab
We are a little later than we planned getting to Moab, I guess all the stopping to see the amazing scenery took more time than we thought, but, we are on auto pilot.....
As we Pull into our camp ground it is getting close to sunset..... and what comes on the radio?????
Yes, The Magic Continues........
Yeah, that's just too Crazy!!!!
Indian Sunset....... as we get to Moab off the Grid Camping....
This is our site in Moab.....
This is all around us..... Oranges and Greens...... WOW!
We get settled we have some issues with the camper...... but, it is no biggie..... and it is all taken care of the next morning by the owners..... But, the first night I get to practice my Astrophotography...... Practice for ..... Monument Valley
After a couple of hours playing around in the dark this is what I come up with..... the bright light in the bottom right is the lights from Moab..... I did happen to get the arch of the Milky Way in the pic..... Yes, I'm pretty happy with the results.....
Louis Almedia was to meet us in Moab...... But, because of the size of the Bathroom in the Camper..... I was super glad that he was not able to meet us there..... I think he was happy too..... He would have been too uncomfortable there!!!!!
The next day we head out the Canyonlands...... It was 30 minutes away from our camp site..... well that is if we drove straight to the park and didn't stop to take a thousand pictures..... But, how can you not stop when every turn the sights are just more amazing than the turn before....???? we could not contain ourselves....
Cheryl drives to and around Canyonlands..... I'm really proud of her, this is a huge step for her, we are on some pretty curvy and steep roads, and Cheryl drives like a pro!
no one is around so I set up my tripod and timer for this shot.....
Scream
Back at our camp site for the evening.....
Dirt Devils as we travel to Monument Valley!!!!
Run Forest Run!!!!
More Dirt Devils!
Pano taken from our porch on our cabin....
From our porch
Awesome!!!! Lou found us!!!!
Navajo Flat Bread..... Ohhhh How I love Thee
Lou and I go to the visitor center that night at Monument Valley.... I get to play around and do some astrophotography..... can you see Lou's face in the bottom right hand corner of the picture.... Lou and the Milky Way!!!! LOL......
We didn't get much sleep we set the alarms to get up for Sunrise...... ..... OMGosh!!!!
Sunrise at Monument Valley!!!!
The Sun rising.... and the Crescent Moon
How can life get any better than this????? Wow.....
Lou, Cheryl and I go for a ride down into Monument Valley......
We drive around The Loop in Monument Valley, then Lou packs up and heads on down the road for more adventure of his own.....
What a great time to see Lou in this spot. Mike and Lou were supposed to come out to Monument Valley and stay with us for a couple of nights. But, Mike had to finish up his radiation and he just couldn't make it. I actually canceled this trip because of his radiation, and he made me reschedule it.... I'm so glad that he made me reschedule it..... it was a trip of a life time
FYI..... Mike finished up his radiation and is doing GREAT!!!!!
oh, and when Lou left us, he rode all the way to Buffalo, NY to hang out with Mike for 3 days!
Blessed to have you as a friend Lou!!!!!
Now back to the trip!!!!
We play it pretty low key for the rest of the day, it's hot, we are tired from lack of sleep, so we just chill, I edit a little and then we go for dinner..... I play around trying to get some Milky way and star trail photos.......
I set up my camera on our porch and I try my Pluto trigger, it isn't working, I think it is the cord that they sent with the trigger, but, I do have another option with me, so I set it up and it starts taking photos..... I just leave it out on our porch..... and I just so happen to catch the sunrise.... Sweet....
and here is the Mistake.... but very cool looking pic that I took for start trails...
