RHH's photos with the keyword: view

Yesterday we did the 17 mile drive through Monument Valley. This is the view from the North Window. We also visited Sand Island to see the petroglyphs there and Navaho National Monument to see the Betatakin cliff dwelling there. Today we go to Antelope Canyon and then to Las Vegas to pick up our oldest daughter at the airport before driving on to Death Valley.

This was the view of from Olmstead Point on the Tioga Pass Road in Yosemite the second morning of our stay in the park. We had gotten an early start and had stopped at Olmstead Point for photography and breakfast. The point is named for the American architect, Frederick Olmstead, who was involved in making Yosemite a national park. The lake is Tenaya Lake and the dome beyond it is Pywiack Dome. We would go on from Olmstead Point to do some hiking along the Gaylor Lakes Trail.

There's a story that goes with this photo. While we were in Arizona on our recent trip I hiked the Courthouse Butte trail in the Sedona area and halfway along the loop decided to do the Bell Rock climb, but misunderstood the information I had. The climb was actually just a short and easy climb to a flat area on the north side of the butte. From there, instead of going back down, I followed what I thought was a trail and ended up on this side, the south side of the butte on the fold about two thirds of the way up which proved rather narrow and precarious. I ended up scrambling to the notch on the west (left side of the photo) and climbing down from there. The inset shows how narrow and steep the "trail" this side of the butte was. The photo was taken from the Courthouse Butte loop, a trail I hiked by myself while my wife relaxed in a hotel room in Flagstaff.

This was the "trail" I followed when I climbed Bell Rock and lost my way, a very precarious and difficult scramble along the south side of the rock.

Taken along the South Kaibab trail as we hiked down into Grand Canyon to Skeleton Point. As can be seen from the photo, the colors in the Grand Canyon are almost beyond belief.

Taken near Yavapai Point along the Rim Trail in Grand Canyon National Park