Above the Rim and below...

We took three different 4-Wheel Drive roads into and out of Canyonlands. Just before a steep series of switchbacks we pose above what will be our lunch destination far below on the "White Rim."












I had a little trouble getting into position for a really good photo above the rim.



We didn't realize that the rock ledge was only about three feet thick and undercut us by about fifty feet. This was our first destination of the day - Gemini Arches. The sheer drops are all several hundred feet. This place had a plaque to a young man who died there "doing what he loved best." (Falling off high rock monoliths?)








Are these Big Horn Goats or Big Horn Sheep? They scampered across the Schaeffer Trail as we decended into the canyon. They jump from rock to rock like ping pong balls. I was impressed. We also saw an Antelope, a ducky and Elvis.











From the White Rim we had a great view of the Colorado River just below Dead Horse Point.