Utah's landscape is a tribute to nature's power. Wind and water have chiseled mountains into towering spires and deep canyons, exposing the underlying mosaic of million-year-old layers of colored stone.
On July of 1987, I was asked to accompany my college classmate and his wife, (Lito and Myn), on a cross-country drive to New York. He has accepted a job offer in New York as an investment banker after finishing his graduate studies in UCLA. It was a good opportunity to see these natural wonders, all paid for by Merrill Lynch (his new employer). My trip will only take me up to Denver after which I had to take a plane back to LA. Highlights were visits to Utah's Colorado Plateau, in the southern half of the state, where all those fantastic rock formations are; and five national parks (Zion, Bryce, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Arches National Park) are.
On Oct of 1989, I made a side trip to Grand Canyon south rim from Flagstaff on my way to Dallas for EDS Phase II training. In 1994, I visited north rim which is less frequented by visitor but equally spectacular.
On Sept. 19 to 23 of 1994, with my parents and Tita Puring, I took them to see the wonders of Utah covering Zion, Bryce, and then southeast to Grand Canyon, Lake Powell in Glen Canyon, and back to Cedar Breaks, and Kolob Canyon.
Click the links below for photos.
- Grand Canyon National Park, Kanab, UT & AZ
- Zion National Park, Springdale, UT
- Bryce Canyon National Park, Bryce Canyon, UT
- Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, UT
- Arches National Park, Moab, UT
- Glen Canyon National Recreation, UT & AZ
- Cedar Breaks National Monument, Cedar City, UT
