Arrival in Salt Lake City, the land of Mormon, it does not linger and keep the direct south with our motorhome (rotten) to discover the parks that we do not yet know.
And this time it the summer, you do not mess with the blazing sun and 38 ° C for walks.
The backpacks full of water (4 gallons or 16 liters for a walk 5 or 6 hours in Arches), energy bars and apples we leave the light looks almost deserted on trails (U.S. tourists stay an average of 2-3 hours in each park, visit 10 in one week, we meet mostly French, Germans, Dutch possess a rare commodity Here: vacation!) 
We can savor every 4 immensity of a sunset on a cliff at the end of the world or in Canyonlands Delicate Arch, Arches discover secret and trot on narrow ridges with the Grand Canyon in the background, down to the bottom of Bryce Canyon, and finally taste the freshness of a stream of icy water ... 
short of pure bliss calm and sweet this time of year. But let's not forget that is over 2000 meters of altitude and the cold winter, freezing and thawing daily, wind, and rain have sculpted and continue to crack, tear, erode these landscapes perpetual motion.
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ach park has a particular geographic location (altitude, sub-soil salt River ..) which explains the specificity of its geology: I dispense small classes that I inflicted on Sarah, Mary and Tof. 
Definitely, and for the third time we have been overwhelmed by so much beauty mineral, pure, glowing colors, saturated in the sun and so hot at sunset. 
Here we contemplate eternity Geological day and night. It is so far from the madding crowd ... Just as in the middle of the Bay of Biscay for those who "know" the high seas, marine tribute to my dad.
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're magical places, unlike Yellowstone, are relaxing, reassuring, conducive to meditation and raising human 
They are also most sacred to the Navajo, present successors of ancient civilizations (Anasazi pueblos ...) that have adapted to the climate without pity. Their legend of creation says that the first men emerged from their underground world at the Grand Canyon before populating the entire region!
The great South-west is a tribal belt with his men, its cities and its laws!
I feel so well there as anywhere else: I had to be American Indian in a former life! Yet it did not make me good rider: I accompanied Mary in a horseback ride and since I have a sore tailbone c. ..! 
nights in small State Park, nestled in unique settings, were fabulous purity and silence. Tof has experienced night photography leaving his camera open for 30 seconds: shooting stars, starry skies, magnificent! It lets you enjoy. 
Well, we live in depth the chance to stay in America and remember those special moments throughout our lives! 
