Part 4, November 2008 Land Cruise News

Part 3 left us in Bryce Canyon National Park. We drove from there to Kodachrome State Park in Utah. A real gem!!!

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We were the only campers there keeping company with only jack rabbits and cottontail bunnies. The sandstone chimneys which change in color and shadows with the day prompted the National Geographic Society to obtain permission from the Kodak Film Corp. to use their name in 1949.

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We've seen quite a few jack rabbits on our trip but they were really prolific in Kodachrome.

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We set out on a hike the next morning on the Panorama Trail. Along the way, we came across this beautiful piece of granite the size of a large foot.

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Monolithic spires are known as HooDoos. Kodachrome has its own collection of really interesting structures. This one looked like it was going to tip over any minute.

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There were natural amphitheaters everywhere.

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There are about 70 monolithic spires ranging from six to 170 feet in height that jut up from the valley floor or protrude from the sandstone.

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It is hard to see here but that blue dot at the bottom of this spire is me.

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The colors were alive there.

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This reminded us of a calving iceberg.

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The Fred Flintstone spire

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Chuck holding a miniature spire. It was very delicate so we could understand how nature (wind/rain) can create and humans can destroy. In most places we visited there were signs telling visitors "Don't bust the crust".

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