Needles Overlook - October 2013

With Canyonlands National Park closed in early October, we enjoyed the view into its Needles District from the Needles Overlook. The wide expanse of rock formations - as far as the eye can see - made the sparse vegetation seem welcome in contrast and I’ve skewed the slide show with photographs I took that included plants.

It is difficult to sense the scale of the vista from pictures. The most deceiving of all is the one that looks like an arch but is really a hole in the rocks (image 12) - barely big enough for a squirrel to run through.