I try to remember to get a picture of the name of each of the overlooks for future reference. I also tried to remember to make it the first picture I took at each overlook. Unfortunately, I failed at both endeavors. Apparently, my mind has been dulled by the overload of amazing road and scenery. Shoot me. ;-)

  I don't know why, but this sign strikes me as kind of funny. "Dangerous Cliffs, watch your children." Watch them do what? Fall over the edge? I have to wonder if this happened a few times before the sign was put in place?

  "Do not leave valuables in car." So just where is it that you are expected to leave your valuables? From what I can see, the safest place for them is in your locked car out of sight. Surely they don't expect people to hike around carrying everything they think is valuable? With so many of the visitors being from lower elevations, it would surely lead to many more cases of altitude sickness and exhaustion. Just hauling my out of shape butt around is enough work for me, thank you very much!

  I wonder what the view must be like on those days when it is crystal clear and there is no hint of haze? It seems as if I could see forever. Take note of the trees on the rocks. Bear in mind that most of those trees are an average of nearly 75 feet high. This place has a way of making me feel quite small and insignificant.

  A few days ago, I met a guy in the Painted Desert in Arizona that let me borrow his high dollar wide angle lens to take a few picutres. The landscape here is really making me wish the guy would miraculously show up here as well.

  Some people like to think that everything an animal does is simply the result of evolutionary instincts built into their genes. While I agree that it is unlikely we'll ever find a group of these little guys sitting around discussing the finer points of metaphysics, they are not unthinking robots. It does not take this little guy long to figure out that I am not going to be feeding him. From that moment on, I cannot get him to approach me again. He immediately moves on to greener pastures. He has figured out and remembers that I am a dry well. One look at his portly figure is enough to convince me he has the game down pretty good.