Zion National Park, Riverside Walk

Riverside Walk begins at the Temple of Sinawava at the north end of the canyon.

There are two deer in the picture.

Life for this guy would be much harder outside the canyon.












Eileen talks to the squirrel about how Beautiful its home is.




















The walls of the canyon are covered with hanging gardens.


















At the end of the Riverside Walk looking up the narrows.




















The Virgin River Gorge is 16 miles long, 2000 feet deep, and at times only 20 to 30 feet wide.










The contrast between the trees, bushes, and flowers and the tall vertical rock walls gives the canyon its striking beauty.









Throw in the Virgin river and as one National Parks brochure called it, you have a "Haven of Habitats."










Want to study some geology? These rocks formed in environments as varied as sand dunes and shallow sea bottoms.









Looking through the trees center background is the Great White Throne.











A rock formation known as The Organ.













Water pours from the canyon walls forming waterfall and watering the hanging gardens found through out the park.














Zion is a part of the Colorado Plateau, an area that has been uplifted, tilted, and eroded. The bottom rock layer at Bryce Canyon is the top layer at Zion, and the bottom layer at Zion is the top layer at the Grand Canyon. Forming a feature known as "The Grand Staircase."











The arch at the bottom right of the picture like many in the park are often missed because light is not always visible through the opening.

Coral Pink Sand Dunes and Kanab, UT

The sand found at Coral Pink Sand Dunes comes from eroding Navajo Sandstone cliffs found to the south.










The Sevier Fault runs directly below and is responsible for the valley where the dunes are now found.









The gap between the Moquith Mountains (left) and Moccasin Mountains (right) creates a funnel for the prevailing wind.









This constricting notch increases wind velocity (the venturi effect) to a point where it can carry sand grains.












Once the wind passes through the notch, the wind velocity decreases and the sand grains are deposited at Coral Pink Sand Dunes.







Movies Filmed at Coral Pink Sand Dunes

Arabian Nights - 1942
Ale Baba and the Forty Thieves - 1943
Timbuktu - 1959
MacKenna's Gold - 1969
One Little Indian - 1973








From 1924's Deadwood Coach to 2001's Planet of the Apes Kanab has been "Utah's" Little Hollywood.








The free Movie Museum on the back lot has sets from The Outlaw Josey Wales, Sergeants 3, Desperate Hours, One Little Indian, Black Bart and more.









This hansom dude thinks he would of made a great western actor.
















Inside the homestead from The Outlaw Josey Wales.












Note the cross gun slots in the doors and windows.











Outside of homestead.










From big screen to small screen. Television credits include The lone Ranger to F Troop. With Gunsmoke the longest running TV series.