Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, in late October, 2014

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Google Earth view of my motorbike ride around the Islands in the Sky district, looking north-west. The Shafer Trail to get down from the top is center-right, Potash Trail is lower-right, and White Rim Trail is in the middle. In the foreground is the Colorado River.	Sign at the Shafer Trail overlook
History of the Shafer Trail. It went from an Indian trail to an animal herding trail to a road for uranium mining trucks to a road for 4x4 exporers today. I guess the uranium mining trucks explain why it's so broad and solidly built.	The top of the Shafer Trail. I'll be riding down that tomorrow!	A jeep approaches a switchback.
Further out on the overlook, you get a view of more switchbacks	The uppermost part of the Shafer Trail starts about a mile north and follows along one layer of the cliff, before wrapping around this overlook point (see the road at the bottom of the photo) and heading down the switchbacks.	The bottom of the Shafer Trail heads off to the east in the distance, 1000' below.
Looking west from an overlook next to the Grand View Point Road.	Looking south-west from an overlook next to the Grand View Point Road.	Grand View Point. This overlook faces south and south-east.
Grand View Point	Grand View Point	Grand View Point, looking east, we see the La Sal Mountains in the far distance.
Grand View Point	Looking south from Grand View Point	Zooming in, you can see that there really are a lot of canyons down there!
A secondary overlook on Grand View Point faces west	Zooming in a bit, you can see an intracate array of canyons to the west, as well.	The White Rim overlook and Gooseberry Trailhead
From the White Rim overlook	From the White Rim overlook	From the White Rim overlook
The Buck Canyon overlook, facing east.	Buck Canyon has quite an intricate pattern of rock formations!	There are some vehicles parked on the White Rim Trail 1000' below.

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