From Fruita and the park’s Visitor Center, drive south along the 10 mile scenic drive. As you drive, the cliffs are on your left and small rolling hillsides are on your right.
It is magnificent red rock country with other colors thrown in for good measure. Some areas below the cliffs remind me of the Painted Desert and the Painted Hills of Oregon with all their various colors, but they are easily dwarfed by the huge cliffs that rise above them.
It’s a wonderful drive with each mile unfolding a different view. Along the way, you run into unpaved roads…one leading into the Grand Wash, the other, at the end of the road, into Capital Gorge. Both drives are worth doing and I will have images from them in the near future.
Along the way, you pass hundreds of huge boulders that crashed down from the cliffs sometime in the distant past. There are also trees and colorful wild plants along the roadside.
I stopped many times along the way to photograph. Sorry that I can only show you three photos here. Eventually, many more will appear on my Web site.
Enjoy what I can show you here and stay tuned for more.
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