It’s just recon…

When I drove into Utah, I’d been on the road for just over a month.  I was thrilled and excited to photograph Utah, but I was (though not as aware of it then as I am now, looking back on it), exhausted and running on fumes.  I was nearing my stop in Colorado, with its promise of a comfortable bed indoors and good company.

While solo-travel is grand, there are elements of it– the positive thinking and the total self-sufficiency– that make it an added drain on one’s energy reserves.

And so Utah became a bit of a reconnaissance mission;  few days exploring an area that I could spend months photographing.   I zipped from location to location, trying to capture as much as I could as quickly as I could.  What I captured was just a scraping of whats out there, a sampling of what I could return to. When I eventually return, I’ll make time to explore deeper, to hike and simply be.

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Arches National Park, Utah
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This is so much bigger than it looks…
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Check out how small the explorers are in this formation!
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Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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Colorado National Monument, Colorado

 


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