National Parks of USA

[Ewelina Wajgert]

1. Glenwood Canyon on Colorado river
2. and 3. Hanging Lake
4. Glenwood Hot Springs
5. Colorado river valley

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Now the ladnscape is other. We move in the warmer region to Colorado National Monument

1. Colorado National Monument - below Fruita and Colorado valley

2. Astragalus ?
3. Opuntia
4. ?
5 ?
6. Astragalus ?

Red rocks contrast with green trees

[Ewelina Wajgert]

1. and 2. Yucca bacata
3. Asclepias?
4. Juniper that hold on to the rocks
5. And I in Colorado National Monument

[Ewelina Wajgert]

1. Independence Monument - we was there on Independence Day, on Juli, the 4.
2. Probably Mirabilis multiflora (identified by Lori)

[Lori S.]

 
Oh my gosh, Ewelina - you're scaring me with the risk taken in 17807!!

Glad you are still around to show us more!    I love that redrock country, especially!


17799 - some sort of milkweed, Asclepias, or one of those closely related genera.
17804 - juniper
17826 - Mirabilis multiflora?

[Ewelina Wajgert]

I must confess, I like risk.

Who don't take a risk, this waste the life (it is our proverb).

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Thank you Lori for id.

After short weekend break, I come back on the forum and have new photos

1. Plants of Utah's desert
2. This plant grow in the garden by Visitor Center. What is this?
3.

[Ewelina Wajgert]

1. ? and red rocks of Canyonlands
2. Astragalus in Canyonlands. it's pitty that it don't bloom.
3 ?
4. Canyonlands
5 Canyonlands trough Mesa Arch
6. Impressive Mesa Arch

[Armin]

Ewelina,
wow - breathtaking pictures 
Please continue

[David Nicholson]

I am enjoying your pictures very much Ewelina, thank you for posting them.

[Paddy Tobin]

Fabulous photographs, Ewelina

Paddu

[Ewelina Wajgert]

I'm behind a little with reading post from Dolomites and Canada but I think  I find some time on weekend to make up for it.

And continuing my photo-report from USA I have still some pictures from Canyonlands.

1. Green River - here in Canyonlands merge to Colorado River
2. Stanleya pinnata (identified by Lori)
3. Stanleya pinnata
4, 5. Overlook from Grand View Point
6. Yucca baccata, Canyonlands
7. In background La Sal Mountain

[Ewelina Wajgert]

These photos show the route 191 to Moab

[Lori S.]

Absolutely wonderful places and photos, Ewelina!  Thank you for showing them!

#17957 looks like Stanleya pinnata, and #17955 probably is too.

[Ewelina Wajgert]

I hope you want the next national park.

This time the pictures show Arches NP

1. Entrance
2. Three Gossips
3. Balanced Rock
4. 2 hours way in terrible heat on the monolit rock is profitable...
5. ...if we can see at the end Delicate Arch. It is 10m long and 16m high
6. And the other view, with La Sal mountain in the background.