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Still beautiful! The rain must have cooled the temps down a little bit. Although, now that I think about it, the elevation probably helped a little too.
It certainly did and you're probably right about the elevation as well.
Just got all caught up with your last few updates and I have to say that the Sundance Resort looked so beautiful and that meal you had looked absolutely delicious I will keep that place in mind whenever I make it out there The colors in your pictures of the canyons are so rich and beautiful. As other posters have commented, I noticed the difference in the pictures that both your cameras captured as far as the colors go. You were able to cover so much territory in such a short amount of time! Did you ever feel like you were sick of being in a car or was the scenery captivating enough most of the time that you didn't really think about it?
I think Mark probably got sick of being in the car! I wouldn't say that the scenery was captivating between one and the next necessarily - sometimes it was, sometimes it wasn't, but when we got to each place, it was beautiful and in the parks, it was a pleasure to be hopping out of the car every few minutes to marvel at the views and get some photos.
The colors are so deep and rich!! Just mind boggling. I SO need to get back there!!
Well, you are on a mission to see all the national parks - and Zion is very nearby, with Canyonlands and Arches do-able from there - I know there is another one in the vicinity as well, but I can't remember the name of it for the life of me!
Monday 12 September – part five: now I wonder why they called it that?
From there, it was on to the Agua Canyon Overlook.
My photos: Mark’s photos:
Our favourite, well so far this day anyway came next, which was Natural Bridge. I bet you can’t imagine why they called it that?
My photos: Mark’s photos:
I will say here that the elevations were, as you can see from the signs, very high and don’t underestimate the effect that it will have on you, especially for Mark, who suffers from asthma and guess who left his inhaler at home? At one stop, he mentioned this in passing to a guy from Seattle and he offered him use of his, which was very decent. They were saying that they’d missed the heatwave in their home city and instead had the lovely cold weather here.
you read that right. Ever since the rain had come in, the temperature had dropped dramatically from the mid 70s on our way here to, at its lowest, the low 50s. It was not weather to be walking around in crop pants, but that’s what we had on, so we made the best of that. As for the top half, as well as a sweatshirt, I also put on a long sleeved top to try and warm myself up, as it was a damp cold and it was really getting into my bones. At least it was no longer raining, although occasionally we would still hear thunder and see that someone was getting it in the distance....
Great pictures (once again). You are so right about the elevations. We had many physical mishaps on the 1st few days of the trip until everyone's body got use to it.
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I will keep that place in mind whenever I make it out there
I wouldn't say that the scenery was captivating between one and the next necessarily - sometimes it was, sometimes it wasn't, but when we got to each place, it was beautiful and in the parks, it was a pleasure to be hopping out of the car every few minutes to marvel at the views and get some photos.
They were saying that they’d missed the heatwave in their home city and instead had the lovely cold weather here. 
As for the top half, as well as a sweatshirt, I also put on a long sleeved top to try and warm myself up, as it was a damp cold and it was really getting into my bones. 
At least it was no longer raining, although occasionally we would still hear thunder and see that someone was getting it in the distance....
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