Showing posts with label Monument Valley MonumentValley Utah parks scenic scenery mountain desert photography ValleyoftheGods Goosenecks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monument Valley MonumentValley Utah parks scenic scenery mountain desert photography ValleyoftheGods Goosenecks. Show all posts

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Wrapping it up with a 4-mile hike...

The Secret Mountain area is famed for its steep canyons. Boynton and Fay Canyons are two that are accessible--if you like a four-mile hike. I can't feel my legs.


Unfortunately, Sedona has the best government money can buy, so a huge development was built in the mouth of Boynton. The trail goes around it, and you get a good look at a lot of houses in Nuevo Navajo architecture, built by people with plenty of money and guilt who want you to know they are so green they'll live in a giant house inspired by a hogan. Don't say I didn't warn you.
After a mile or so you get past the houses. Then, to get pictures, you have to climb above the treetops. No problem; as I say, I can't feel my legs anyway.

The canyon walls rise on both sides, slowly closing in as I near the end of the canyon.

I climbed well up the wall to get this shot of the canyon's end.
It's easier with the helicopter. When I get home, I have a nice video clip I need to edit showing what it's like to fly through the canyons.





Sunday, October 18, 2009


Yes, well--it's still hard to express an enormous complex of parks like those around Monument Valley and do them justice. Photography's limits are absolute.
You can see how close I came to succeeding at the YouTube site http://www.youtube.com/divexprt
Any feedback is welcome (well, most feedback is welcome), as I always want to make new shows better than those that preceded them.