This would be a third Sept trip to Southern Utah for us. We went in ’03 and ’04, and both of us had traveled throughout the Southwest in years past. So we know the area pretty well and planned this trip around a couple of things we really wanted to see and do. In both the ’03 and ’04 trips, our plans to hike into the Great Gallery in Canyonland’s Horseshoe Canyon had to be cancelled due to poor weather conditions. This trip we hoped to finally get there. We also wanted to spend a couple of nights at Bryce since we’ve both only done day hikes there in the past. More time in Capitol Reef was also important to us. We decided to skip Moab this trip and concentrate our time looking more closely at a smaller area.
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For more images from this trip without commentary go here: Utah 07 Pictures