Monday, January 24, 2011

IF: "Dusty"

Moab, Utah is "dusty", covered in red dirt, ground from the red rocks that surround the Colorado River as it meanders down through twisting Canyon in the southeast part of the state.
Eventually the river opens up in a valley and there is where the little town is nestled, once the center of the great "Uranium" boom of the 50's and 60's.
When we go to Moab to bike, hike and camp, only about two hours from where we are in Colorado- the only choice  is to accept the red dust. So does everyone else, everyone stained with it on their shoes, clothes, merchants actually sell tshirt, dyed in the red dust of the area. Every one walking into City Market, has red tinted unruly  hair  because of the wind and the dust.  Moab is not a place for those who desire to be prefectly coiffed- the land is to wild and strong to not be under its authority- literally it will kill you if you are not.

7 comments:

  1. Nice! Pretty details in the plants.

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  2. You are amazing!!! May fav. part is the fossils in the stones. So cool!

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  3. You are amazing! I love the fossils!

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  4. Beautiful detailing, structure and textures!

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  5. Great illustration and and interesting description that makes me want to go there!

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  6. Wow, this is simply awesome. Wonderful work!!

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  7. It's a wonderful picture, the detail is stunning - you're very clever indeed!
    And thank you for taking us along on your trip - getting covered in red dust sounds like a colourful reminder of a day well spent outdoors :-)
    D x

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