Photos from Green Tortoise southwestern national parks trip, Y2K

My compadres of the Green Tortoise, on the bus

The GT'ers again--those wacky Europeans, I tell ya...

A tree on Dome Rock, Sequoia National Forest

The forest ranger wedding we witnessed at Dome Rock; note the aisle made of cowboy & hiking boots. :)

Beautiful burned-out tree in Sequoia National Forest

Industrial El Paso, where we parked to walk across the border into Mexico

White sands, New Mexico--a desert of powdered gypsum

White sands again, and the UFO-like shades in the parking lots

Ruins of the Hohokam people in New Mexico, similar to the Anasazi

More Hohokam ruins

Footholds in the sandstone of Canyon de Chelley. In some places, these are the only trails into and out of the canyon.

Canyon de Chelley, part of the canyon wall

Texture of the rock in Canyon de Chelley (yes, I really liked it there.)

"White House" ruins in Canyon de Chelley

Hummingbird feeder and its patrons, in Saguaro National Park

Sunrise in Valley of the Gods, a place deserving of the name

A butte in Monument Valley

Early morning in the Grand Canyon

A turtle-shaped tree in the Grand Canyon

Another Grand Canyon tree, at dawn

Fiona (one of the GT'ers) having a sunny rest in Zion

In Zion, this tree and the twelve-foot rock behind it were both split in half along the same line. Beware, lest ye too be smitten down!

Some of the Hoodoos of Bryce Canyon--they so densely populate some areas that they look like sandstone cities