Paria, The Wave, Buckskin Gulch June 06

Paria Canyon - a walk down paria canyon to the confluence with buckskin gulch, then up buckskin gulch a mile or so - 21 June 2006

Walking the canyon before entering the narrows

Dad, Chris and Anna taking pictures

Christian

Anna and Dad

Christian and Slide Rock Arch

Dad and some nice lighting in the canyon

The end of Buckskin Gulch near the confluence with Paria Canyon

Christian and a cottonwood in buckskin gulch

Cottonwood in Buckskin Gulch

Buckskin narrows begin

water has carved cool patterns in the wall

Dad in Buckskin Gulch narrows

Anna in Buckskin Gulch

a turn in a wider area of the gulch

The Wave - North Coyote Buttes, Sand Cove, The Wave II and The Wave - 22 June 2006

North Coyote Buttes, on the way to The Wave

Christian surveying the scene

Dad, on the way to The Wave

Christian and Dad checking out some un-named buttes

Christian, Anna, and Dad on our way up behind Sand Cove

The second wave, or Wave II

Dad photographing the second wave

Anna and the second wave

Looking down on the Sand Cove area and some interesting formations

the other side of the second wave

First view down into the Wave

inside the Wave

concretions that have eroded out of the rock

concretions as the exist inside the rock

Buckskin Gulch - a hike down through wire pass to buckskin gulch, then down buckskin - 23 June 2006

Wire Pass, getting narrower

looking out from wire pass towards buckskin gulch

a log jammed 25 ft up in upper Buckskin Gulch

Dad, Christian, Anna, and Me in front of a big logjam in Buckskin Gulch

nice early morning light in the slot canyon

end of the narrows, Buckskin Gulch widening up

Bright mid-day light wasn't as nice as we went back through the narrows of Buckskin Gulch

lots of wading through dirty water

petroglyph

exiting wire pass

Zion - afternoon hike up Angel's Landing - 23 June 2006

Zion Valley on the way up Angels Landing

Angel's Landing

Anna and Christian getting to the top of Angel's Landing

the beautiful paved switchbacks

Dusk in Zion