It’s been a while since I have posted, and that is because I have been SUPER busy – with work AND fun!

Rich and I went camping May 16/17 in Ten Mile Wash, and did some exploring, and had a great time.  Here are some photos for you to enjoy.  You can live vicariously through my pictures, and see why there are still SOME things I like about the Moab area…it’s absolutely beautiful, when you get far enough away to appreciate the lack of tourists.

The first photo below is a little double arch in the Ten Mile Point area.  It was great, and we climbed up on top of it.  The second is an incredibly bright ball of paintbrush (Castilleja chromosa).  After that is a GREAT photo Rich took of some Rough Mule’s Ears (Wyethia scabra) near Tombstone Rock.  Last is a Yucca harrimaniae that I just thought looked nice in its surroundings.

There were SOOOO many birds in the morning!  I got to add a Blue Grosbeak to my life list, although I didn’t get a very good picture of him.  I am posting the pictures I DID get, though, because it’s the only way I can convey how BLUE he was!  There were lots of Say’s Phoebes around where we camped, and lots of Ash-Throated Flycatchers.

There were Yellow Warblers everywhere, too.  I only managed to get a decent shot of Mrs. Yellow Warbler, though.  Mindy had a GREAT time running around, chasing lizards, getting in the wash and getting soaked, etc.  The first photo of her below is after one such wash experience, and she looks utterly annoyed that I would dare to photograph her looking goofy and skinny-legged.

Below are some panoramic photos I took and pieced together.  They turned out alright, and they show the area a little better than a single picture can.  The first is of the Rainbow Rocks area, the second is where we camped (if you look closely, you can see the red 4-Runner near the right side of the photo), and the third is from one of the MANY ‘Ten Mile Point’ areas.

We really did have a good time, and took lots of great pictures.  It had been years since I went camping, and I forgot how much I love sleeping out in the wild, where it is so quiet your ears ring, and so dark it’s amazing, and you can see every star.

Thanks for reading!