Escalante, Bryce and Coyote Buttes pictures finally

Alright, and here, finally are pictures from our excursion to Grand-Staircase Escalante, Bryce Canyon and Coyote Buttes described in the "grand staircase" post:

here's a short hike we took through a canyon along Cottonwood Rd. in Escalante:

Grosvenor Arch:
here, this one shows you how big it is (see Ryan climbing towards the bottom):this one shows all the amazing different geology of Escalante. The pointy rock in the background is called Mollie's Nipple. The big smooth, yellowish rock is called Yellow Rock (not as interesting name as the first, eh?):

there's Ryan by some crazy lumpy rocks (sorry to get all technical with the geology names)

and here's Bryce Canyon while it was still kind of snowing up there at 8,000 ft. some crazy hoodoos at Bryce (hoodoo really is the geologic name for those, and it was named after voodoo or something)

see how amazing it is?!

finally, Coyote Buttes South:
crazy scallop things! i think those were my most favorite:and paper thin rock layers:

and crazy waffle, lacey overhang things:

purrrty cactus flowersand cool wave-like rocks, but not "The Wave":

so, if we're still in the general vicinity of Arizona, Utah, etc, in the coming year (which, no, we still don't know yet), then you all should come visit (or visit again) and we'll take you to these cool places!!!