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Dead Horse Point SP

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In the summer of 1996 my cousin and I travelled through the Southwest. 4,000 miles on the road, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco plus a dozen National Parks including Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelly NM, Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Arches, Dead Horse Point SP, Bryce Canyon and Yosemite. Glorious days.

Dead Horse Point SP

Sunset at "Dead Horse Point SP". See the people on the cliff
When I had planned this trip to the Southwest months ago I had detected a great picture in one coffee-table book that struck me. It was a wonderful panorama shot of the Dead Horse Point State Park - a place I had never heard of before. I came to a decision immediately: we had to go there!
This was the day. We reached Moab and turned left for the climb to the State Park. Er...I recall a painful incident now. I almost brought us into serious trouble when I saw a rock lying on the road and decided to run over it. A big bump told me that I had obviously miscalculated the ground clearance of our car. My cousin had foreseen the incident but simply thought I would drive around the rock. He went really wild! Fortunately the car was still running and, well, as we knew: "damage to the car..." :-D
There is only a small campsite at the Dead Horse Point SP but we were lucky enough to get the last available spot. Then we drove to the viewpoint. What can I say? Sight and setting were marvelous! Lighting was perfect. Just a dozen other tourists on the spot. Simply wonderful!
mypictures4u says:
Yeah, you went wild! And you did it with good reason...
Posted on: Apr 24, 2008
laserjones says:
Did I really go wild? Can't remember ... So I guess it wasn't that bad. But if the car had been wrecked, I'd probably have handed you over to the next available pack of bandits. ;-)
Posted on: Apr 24, 2008
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Lonely tree, Dead Horse Point SP
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