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S: Where Time Stopped The American Southwest Summer 2010

FC: Where Time Stopped the American Southwest

1: Earth's Embroidery With the inks of its showers and rains, With the quill of its lightning, With the hand of its clouds, Winter wrote a letter upon the garden, in purple and blue. No artist can ever conceive the like of that. And this is why the earth, grown jealous of the sky, Embroidered stars in the folds of the flower-beds. Solomon Ibn Gabirol Malaga, Spain - 1021 - 1058 | This book is a photo tour of our trip (June 27 - July 9, 2010) to the American Southwest. The landscape in this region bears testimony to the handiwork of the Creator of the Universe, Who's paintbrush is like no other. Enjoy, Ari & Chaya

3: Sunset at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

6: Every cloud has a "golden" lining

11: Cape Royal - North Rim Grand Canyon National Park

14: All that hiking tires you out!!

17: WILDLIFE | (Clockwise) Our neighbourly chipmunk stayed outside our cabin for two days; raven; California Condors, this guy (elk) was hanging around our parking lot - maybe he was trying to find where he parked Santa's sleigh

18: MULE RIDES | After ten weeks of losing weight and over 20 pounds later, I qualified for the mule ride. HEE HAW!

20: (Above) Chaya riding on Goliath; (Right) Ari riding on Fred

22: Sunset - South Rim, Grand Canyon

24: Bright Angel Trail South Rim, Grand Canyon

32: Sunset in Sedona

34: Pink Jeep Tours

35: Jeeping in Sedona was one bumpy ride

37: (Bottom Left) The white spot in the rock is a bacteria stain that was split and shifted by an earthquake. (Above) The rugged landscape carved out of the soft limestone.!!

39: Oak Creek Canyon

42: Scottsdale Arizona

43: The Sonoran Desert

47: Desert Flora

48: Horseshoe Bend Page, Arizona

50: Glen Canyon Dam

52: Colorado

53: River Tour

55: (Left) Petroglyphs were left by the Anasazi Tribe (translation "the Ancient Ones") somewhere between 1,000 BCE and 1,200 CE. Chaya discovered signs of Bigfoot living in the region (see middle picture on left). Now archaeologist's refer to the fossil as "Chaya's Bigfoot".

58: Colorado River at Lee's Ferry

60: Lake Powell - Glen Canyon National Park

62: Antelope Canyon

66: On The Road Again

68: Bryce Canyon National Park

69: Our Log Cabin at Bryce

70: (Right) Chaya riding on Winchester and Ari riding on Dixie

74: The Hoodoos of Bryce The soft rock in the valley of Bryce Canyon led to the formation of the hoodoos. Some of these hoodoos are hundreds of feet tall. The name "hoodoo" originates from the Anasazi which means human. They believed that the people who settled in the valley turned to stone. Many of the rock formations (with enough imagination) have a human appearance.

78: The Bryce Amphitheater

83: Zion National Park

86: Angel's Landing - Zion National Park

91: The End