Wow! It’s been an amazing month! I’ve been posting a daily photo for the month of November. It’s been something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time now, but with work it’s been difficult. I’ll do my best to keep this up with my recent adventures hiking.
So, with no further ado, here is one of my favorite shots of the Watchman Mountain in Zion National Park. It’s a perfect storm of conditions that were present at the time.
Spiderworts.
I’ve always been told that you don’t see Zion until you see it from the top.
One of the lesser known or used trails is the Deer Trap Mountain Trail. Here is the view looking into the lower canyon from Deer Trap.
We think of glass as a man made material, which it is. It can form many useful and beautiful objects.
However, sometimes things are not what they seem. Take this view of glass for example. It’s rough, jagged, decorative, and natural. I found this hillside not far from St. George, Utah, that has glass coming right out of it. The surrounding rock is sedimentary. This isn’t unusual for this area, because not far away is the only place in the world that silver was found in sandstone, Silver Reef, now a ghost town near Leeds, Utah.
Yes, finding a pirate’s booty would be nice and exciting. However, it’s nothing but trouble. Just ask young Jim Hawkins.
There are many other things that I treasure, and they are beyond price and value: family, friends, my beliefs, freedom and liberty.
The price for our liberty and freedoms was paid for by the blood, sweat and tears of our military. It was written by our Founders and defended by anyone who loves what these ideals stand for .
I am grateful to all military heroes who gave of their time, souls, and bodies to defend us and our freedoms. I am also grateful for the Founders who wrote our Constitution and laws and hope they will always stand. Vigilance is always key to maintaining our country,,
Here is my tribute to liberty, one of my biggest treasures.
I decided to change things up a bit. Zion National Park is my home, and my favorite place to be. That being said, I like Bryce Canyon National Park as well. It’s very gorgeous, tranquil, and breath taking (being at 8,000 feet plus, doesn’t hurt either).
The hoodoos can look like almost anything. By the way, hoodoo is a Paiute word meaning “frozen spirit.” Legend has it that there was a society here that was so evil, they were turned to stone.
I normally don’t take a lot of photos of people in large groups, especially strangers.  For this reason, this subject was a bit hard for me (that and my work schedule prevents me from getting out there and taking photos).  I had to look through my archives to find a photo of a large swarm of objects.
I found this gem from a cruise I went on a few years ago of some kids swimming in the ocean below Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
These kids were running (or trying to) between the two trampolines on the tube that connected them. Â Their antics were absolutely hilarious. Â There were several face plants into the side of one trampoline or the other, belly flops and such into the water. Â But my favorite is this one below. Â It’s of a girl taking flight off the trampoline into the water. Â Her expression is priceless. Â Apparently I wasn’t the only one enjoying their antics…
Do you know how we’re always told to stay indoors during a lightning storm? Well, I didn’t listen.
Last week I went to the Paria ghost town with a couple of friends (you know who you are). We found a building still standing for the most part, at least has four walls and part of a roof.
Paria was settled between 1848 and 1867, when it was flooded out and abandoned. The town was on the shores of the Paria River, but no longer exists because the river widened and washed everything into the Colorado River.
High on the hillside are the remains a couple of buildings, one pictured below only has a couple of partial walls remaining.
Here is the full house.
Kelly Guymon Photography 