The Grand staircase
is located midway on the Colorado Plateau between Capitol Reef to the northeast, and Bryce to the southwest . It encompasses 4 different government agencies including National Forest , BLM , Utah state parks and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area . Its BIG, spanning hundreds of square miles ( think south FL ), and offering up about every type of geology the Plateau has . It was designated a NM in 1996. Clinton maybe ? I remember him catching sh*t for this . Its a magnificent place.
My landing pad was in Escalante Petrified Forest . Sweet little campground and real music fans too ! I have never been to a petrified forest before and was really looking forward to it ! It didn't disappoint . Its amazing to see such fantastic colors , and texture in the tree fossils just laying there and knowing they have been there for over 100 million years !
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| View from the road in .... devils backbone |
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| view of petrified forest from camp |
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| cactus |
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| 200 million y.o. tree fossils |
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| gotta love the color |
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| even the black |
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| ... laid out |
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