{"id":5314,"date":"2014-12-27T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2014-12-27T06:00:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T10:00:24","slug":"around-moab-and-then-leaving-moab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/around-moab-and-then-leaving-moab\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Around Moab, and then leaving Moab…"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\n1. Three days later, I spent the night near a giant mushroom. Believe me, the dawn will reveal it. \ud83d\ude09
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\n2. Here he appears…
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\n3. Fifteen minutes later, the diverging sky makes me think about the brilliance of a lighthouse…
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\n4. Still waiting for VivaLaVida’s door handle to replace the broken one, I did another little journey around Moab… I went to find an arch named Eye of the Wale. And it looks really like one. \ud83d\ude00
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\n5. In the eye…
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\n6. Farther on the trail, the Marching Men, in the Klondike Bluf.
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\n7. I drove that trail in 2011 and it is much more ruff than three years ago, much more than it appears in this image!
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\n8. Another quick getaway the next day in Canyonlands National Park to discover a ruin located under the overhang of a huge cliff … Not shown on maps of the park, this spot is still unspoiled by mass tourism. A fantastic place with a wonderful view of Candelstick Butte.
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\n9. Souvenir picture with Madeleine and Hans who welcomed me at their home like a king. I left Moab the Friday before Christmas, VLV’s handle finally being fixed. (Picture of another picture, sorry for the quality)
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\n10. I then drove upstream the Green River hoping to see Desert Big Horn Sheep which live in cliffs of mesas. Late afternoon light in the entrance of Gray Canyon.
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\n11. The next day it’s really gray over the Gray Canyon. I didn’t see any Big Horn… :-\/
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\n12. Returning to the San Rafael Swell, I made a detour to discover a rather unique triple arch. Along the track, when the water meets the bentonite…
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\n13. Natural arabesques of some lichen on sandstone.
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\n14. Here is Colonnade Arch, above the canyon of the Green River.
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\n15. Almost a cathedral, unfortunately without light that evening…
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\n16. While going back to VivaLaVida, I spoted by chance these sandstone stalagmites at nightfall.
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\nThe next day, the weather was still very gray, so I took over the direction of the San Rafael Swell to discover petrographs in Dark Dragon Canyon.
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\n17. Small dune area where snow remains in place.
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\n18. The contrast between orange dunes and white snow is beautiful.
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\n19. I pass close to Goblin Valley and discovered almost similar concretions.
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\n20. Ray of light on the reef of San Rafael Swell.
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\n21. VivaLaVida runs along the spectacular reef.
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\n22. Path Under I-70 ; there is one inch margin with suspensions maximum lowered and tires deflated for trail! \ud83d\ude00
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\nDiscovery of petrographs in the next update.
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