Zion Canyon ~ Utah
Because, you know, you’re in Utah. And because of its conservatism, if you can make it there, you can make it almost anywhere.
Zion Canyon is a long way from Orange County in Southern California, actually about 450 miles across California, Nevada, Arizona and into Utah.
But this National Park has some of the most spectacular scenery in the Western United States, with red cliffs all around the narrow Virgin River.
We stayed in Springdale, which was pretty nice. However, we were only there for a day and a half, which is nowhere near long enough to appreciate the wonders of this National Park. We had another three days of travel to make it into Wyoming, to witness the total eclipse of the sun, but that post’s for another day.
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jackcollier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
These pictures were taken with a Lumix
Scenes on Sunday ~ Durham, England
Durham; half church of God, half castle against the Scot.
The City of Durham was founded in 995 AD, although I guess there were people living there for centuries before the monks arrived to ‘officially’ found Durham City. Building work on the spectacularly imposing Norman cathedral was begun in 1093 AD, but there was an earlier Anglo-Saxon cathedral on the site for about 100 years before that.
History is always written by the winners.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
get a book about Durham
The first picture of the cathedral is a stock photo, the tower was covered in scaffold when I was there.
In medieval times touching the door knocker gave criminals sanctuary.
I used to drink in that pub when I was a younger man.
