Zion Day 26

The Presentation last night at SUU went great. There were about 45 to 50 people in attendance and no one was injured so I consider it a success. I spoke for about an hour including a brief question and answer session. Since these were a lot of art students I focused a bit more on technique and materials, than I did at the Lodge in the Park.

I also talked about marketing art and getting your art out there in the public through entering competitions and joining art organizations, both of which have been very instrumental in my career path so far.

Today I had Lunch with Jock Whitworth the Park superintendent. He took me to lunch at the lodge after coming to visit the Grotto. He is a super nice guy and has a great job, right here in one of the prettiest Parks in the country. What an office.

The sunshine was abundant today with big puffy white clouds blowing through all day. I decided to seize what is probably the last opportunity to go see the Kolob Canyon region of the park. It is in the far northwest section of the park and about an hours drive from the Grotto because of those pesky little mountains.

  Kolob Canyon

It is gorgeous! It doesn’t get the press that the main canyon in Zion does but it is as equally impressive, very dramatic “fingers” of rock jutting up out of the earth, and the rock in much redder there.

Here is a sample of the 585 photos I took in about three and half hours this evening.





 I cropped the truck into this one to show how big the formation is.

 Sunset in Kolob Canyon, looking south.

 looking North

 Looking Northeast.

It is a great palce to see and would be an even better place to hike. They have trails up each of the "fingers" and along the river. The river trail leads to a great arch, which you can read about here. http://www.zionnational-park.com/kolob-arch.htm

I think they have photos of it also.
Tomorrow is likely to rain so I will probably start to pack things in anticipation of the journey home, I will most likely leave on Friday. I can hear Texas calling.