Our tour of the four corners area (where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona meet)

A 14 day camping trip to: great basin national park; zion national park; escalante national park (a.k.a. the great staircase); canyonlands national park; hovenweep national monument; mesa verde national park; canyon de chelley national monument; the grand canyon's north rim; and then back home via yosemite national park.

Our first campsite in the Nevada high desert near Austin on route 50.

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Melissa in high desert.

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High desert.

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Wheeler peak in the Great Basin National park (13063 ft).

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Wheeler peak and an alpine lake.

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Bristlecone pines.

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Melissa in an alpine meadow.

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An alpine lake again.

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Wheeler peak.

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A bristle cone pine.

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Charlie (12 years old) & a bristle cone pine (3000 years old).

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Our campsite at Wheeler peak.

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Our campsite at Wheeler peak.

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The climb up Wheeler peak.

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The climb up Wheeler peak.

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The climb up Wheeler peak.

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The climb up Wheeler peak.

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A panorama half way up Wheeler peak.

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The climb up Wheeler peak.

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A panorama at the top of Wheeler peak.

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After the climb up Wheeler peak.

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Zion Canyon.

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Our camp at Zion.

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Near Bryce national park.

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Calf creek campground in Escalante national park.

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Our camp at Calf creek.

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Sunset at Calf creek.

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Still setting at Calf creek.

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Canyonlands national park.

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Art at Canyonlands.

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Anasazi ruins at Hovenweep national monument.

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Hovenweep again.

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A smallish panorama of the anasazi ruins at Hovenweep national monument.

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Our first ruin at Mesa Verde.

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Our first ruin at Mesa Verde, ladders and all.

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The long house ruins at Mesa Verde.

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A window in balcony house Mesa Verde.

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A panorama of the balcony house ruins.

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By the window in balcony house.

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A panorama of the long house.

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Another panorama of the long house.

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Yep, the long house again.

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More long house panoramas.

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Sigh, the long house.

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The cliff palace at Mesa Verde, very impressive.

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The cliff palace.

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Canyon de Chelley.

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Charlie at de Chelley.

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Canyon de Chelley panorama.

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Spider rock at canyon de chelley.

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Spider rock again.

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Canyon de Chelley.

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The white house ruins at de Chelley.

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de Chelley.

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de Chelley.

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Glen canyon panorama.

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Monument valley, Navajo nation.

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Monument valley, Navajo nation.

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Monument valley, Navajo nation.

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Monument valley, Navajo nation.

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Monument valley, Navajo nation.

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Monument valley, Navajo nation.

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Panorama of the north rim of the grand.

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A 4000 year old Sequoia in yosemite national park.

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