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This morning's sunrise over the Everglades

Now that we are back, and I have some internet access, I wanted to share a few pics of the last two places that we visited prior to driving back to Florida:

At the top of the Moki Dugway, you reach a plateau that overlooks the Valley of the Gods, Monument valley, and the San Juan River.
If you take a left as you leave the Dugway, there is a desert road that leads you to Muley point.
This is the tip of a 4-5 mile outcropping that juts out into the valley below, and provides a stunning view of Monument valley in the distance, and “the goose necks” area, carved into the desert floor by the San Juan below.
I rode out there, because well, I just had to!
For a short time, I was the only one out there. Nothing but the views, the wind, and the river.

Unfortunately, a truck arrived within a half hour or so.
It was time to go again, and return to the valley.
Descending The Moki Dugway was a different experience entirely, than climbing it.
You have a masterful view of the valley below, and a more intimidating view point of the drop offs along side the road from above.
Have you ever been somewhere that is so mesmerizing, immense, and beautiful, that any hesitation, or nervousness about what you are doing, just falls away?
This is one of them.
The first pic is Muley Point from The Moki Dugway.

More of The Moki Dugway

I'm jumping ahead to today, because I just got back from one of the best rides of my life. I did this 15 years ago on a GSX1300R Hayabusa. (Bad idea) but I did it anyway.
This is the Moki Dugway. You can't see it from the bottom (first pick) but highway 261 climbs that cliff. The pics are in order top to bottom, some of the road, some from the road looking down.
The pics don't do it justice, but the road is steep, gravel or the occasional broken pavement, and has washouts in places that narrow the road to one car width. It's what I call a "Don't f**k up road". If you do, you drop 1200' into "the valley of the gods".
I took Cheryl to see it. she said "I'm not going up that!" So I brought her back to the RV and went back myself to ride up, and then back down. :-)

A few more from the top of Bryce Canyon NP

It has been a few days(?), and the wandering continues.
We went further southwest in Utah to visit Bryce Canyon, Red Rocks Canyon, Zion NP, Then into Arizona to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Then down south east into Vermillion Cliffs, Marble canyon, Lee's Ferry, the Painted Desert, Monument valley, and the Valley of the Gods, back into south eastern Utah. (and several other places along the way)
Every place has been absolutely beautiful, and they all remind you how small you are. They've been here for 70 million years. we won't. Don't sweat the little things!
I am going to try to post a few pics from most of the places. We've had no signal or internet on and off for days, so we will see.....
Tomorrow we will ride Sputnik around Monument valley, the Moki Dugway, Muley point, and hopefully Goose necks state park which overlooks the San Juan river and Monument valley.
A couple pics from Bryce canyon attached:

just outside Escalante

Down from the mountain heading into the canyons

More from Boulder Mountain

I took a ride down rte 12 from Torrey, UT to Escalante UT today.
Up and over Boulder mountain (9600' and freezing), and then down into the canyons outside Escalante (60's).
The following posts of Pics are from that ride.

Riding through Capital reef

Factory Butte. Outside of Hankesville