Goblin Valley Utah

Seems like everytime I go anywhere I just have to tell you all about it. On this one I got a LOT of pictures, so for the next couple of week I’m going to be squeezing them in to every available slot.

I’m starting where the trip really started – Goblin Valley.

Goblin Valley is a park a few miles away from Lake Powell. We got there fairly early in the day, which meant 100 + degree temperatures, little or no shade, and a fair amount of dust.

Here is the view from the base, looking North at the entry. Those toadstool looking things on top of the hill are shades with picnic tables under them. To the left is the parking lot. Looks like a movie set, doesn’t it?

This is what you see looking to the south. There are no sanctioned trails at Goblin Valley the way there are in other places. You simple wander around among the rock formations. You are allowed to climb and touch as you please. It’s a nice change of pace.

A lot of the formations look like this. Um…. no comment. I’m betting you’ll say it all.

It’s a hot, dusty, dry place. It’s the shape of things, and maybe a little the color, that makes the place interesting. Get a load of the way the ground ripples in the foreground of this one. Those boulders were as tall as I am.

I can’t remember if these were called the three wisemen or what, but we decided they looked most like monkeys.

We stayed there long enough to cook dinner, then moved on.