Photo Safari Noobs

We spent much of the day on the road. But, we threw in plenty of photo stops along the way. Our first stop was at a bridge across the Colorado River. Wanting to find a name to attach to the post, I asked a lady “Pardon me, do you know the name of this bridge?” She says, “No, but that’s the Hoover Dam.” I’m not sure if my jaw dropping made an audible noise or not, but I’m sure she saw it Realizing that there was going to be no polite way to explain that she was a few hundred miles away from the Hoover Dam, I simply thanked her and moved on.

A light fixture in a place with no roof

We stopped off at Four Corners and took some shots of each of us standing in different states. Todd had wanted us to each dress in character as a native of each state, but we couldn’t figure out what that would be, so we skipped it.

Andrew checking out Four Corners monument, Doug checking out his iPhone

We stopped at some tourist spot with gigantic arrows sticking in the ground as if we missed an attack by 1000 foot Indians. Everything was closed but that didn’t stop us from snapping some shots.

The Blue window frame with a bad view

We ended our day at a pub in Durango, CO. The place was cool, the food was OK and they had one hell of a selection of tequila. Sadly, we didn’t sample any of it. But, apparently the place is pretty tough. So tough they have to bolt their urinals to the wall.

The urinal at the Lost Dog saloon

Stay tuned. More to come.

john John Hawkins Arizona, Colorado, Four Corners, utah

Andrew and I woke up early while Doug and Todd slept until about noon. While waiting for hibernation to end, Andrew and I took a walking tour of the town. 15 minutes later we were back at the hotel. We headed downstairs for continental breakfast where we got to make our own waffles. That was a first for me. Normally at a hotel they make breakfast for you, right?

When I saw the sticker (pictured above) on the window of our hotel, I questioned Doug on why he chose this hotel. We did get a nice discount, so who am I to judge?

Here’s some shots from our tour of Kanabe, UT. Oh, be sure to stick around for a shot of Doug tea-bagging Todd.

john John Hawkins utah

It’s crazy late or I would post more words but I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking. We’ve made it from Vegas to Kanab on the first day. We had a slight detour and went though Zion National Park by accident. Let me tell you, if you want privacy, Zion at midnight is the way to go. We parked just off the road for about half an hour and not a single car came by. We made good use of that time to take some pictures of the stars. I can’t believe how many stars you can see out here!

We popped out the other side and crashed at ye olde Best Western of Kanab which was fantastic at $50 for the room and it comes with free wi-fi! Take that Vegas.

todd Todd Huish Long Exposure, night, utah, zion