Moab and Beyond

Ive got about 2 or 3 more story ideas to share from my trip...One is my trip thru Moab one of my favorite small towns in Utah. This is my third trip there and each time I find another reason to come back again. I finally got to go inside Tom Tills Gallery this time and I purchased 2 close out prints and one photo book of Zion Canyon since I was gonna be visiting the canyon a few days later...Tom's Gallery is awesome!! I enjoyed viewing all his work he had on display...he was not there at the time he was out of the country on a photo shoot-

   

 I always love to take the drive along highway 128 out of Moab on my way up to I-70 to get to Colorado... The views are super...but right outside town is a bike/foot bridge that crosses the Colorado and there is a boat ramp just down from there and access to the water.  I walked across and found this lizard sunning on a rock, then heard a car screeching to a halt near me, and out jumped 2 big dogs who immediately jumped in the Colorado and went swimming!!

This is LIZ

 This is Harvard

 and Queequeg--

 they belong to Erik who told me he worked at Harvard for 10 yrs not sure what he did...I only accepted information he offered, he was a bit crusty but a colorful character and he loves his dogs!!

 This area is chock full of beauty, there is ranching, recreation, and movie filming going on here! I happened up on a movie set while driving on a backroad in the Onion Creek Area!! All I can tell you is it will be a western movie...I saw men on horses dressed in Western garb...BUT I didnt have my camera ready to get that shot...the security gave me a hard look and waved me on, but I did get my camera and snap this shot of a couple of their trucks..I had no idea it was a movie location set!! I was out sightseeing and doing a bit of off roading..lol

 The road leaves the river behind near Cisco and the landscape opens up to wide open views the wild flowers were awesome!

..here is a close up..
(Orange Globe Mallow)

   

 And then here it one alongside a Mariposa Lily!

   

  I know this is a stretch...but I love this straight road and the destination is awesome!! 

I hope to post more in upcoming posts.