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Staying in "Little Hollywood" Kanab Utah

 While planning a fall vacation Kanab was to be the first stop, not the only stop.  But shit happens and plans change.
 Kanab is really a nice little town and the Crazy Horse RV Park next to the cemetery has been a quiet place to stay.
 Plus we’ve enjoyed exploring the area.  Including the Free Movie Set Museum in Kanab, also known as “Little Hollywood”.
 The gift shop was loaded with western stuff.  And, of course, the jewelry caught my eye.  But I didn’t buy anything.
In back of the gift shop lies Frontier Town, a collection of buildings and facades depicting the old wild west.
 Kanab made its screen debut in 1924 and provided spectacular western landscapes for over 100 film and TV productions.
 Familiar names, to some anyway, like The Lone Ranger, Billy the Kid, Death Valley Days, Gunsmoke, Grizzly Adams, Lassie, F Troop, and the The Outlaw Josey Wales where filmed in the Kanab area.
 Transportation and repairs have changed a bit.
 Seems Mike got in a little trouble.
 So guess I’ll be moving in for a while.

 Sure hope they don’t hang him like this poor fella.

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Cottonwood Canyon Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

Got a rather late start Thursday to Cottonwood Canyon.
Yet did finally go for a drive.
 Thanks goodness the road was dry.
 Seemed very strange to be out driving on a gravel road in the middle of nowhere and have electric lines along the way.  But I guess that may be why the road is there in the first place.
 The Cottonwood Canyon Road follows the Paria River to the Cottonwood River and ends at Cannonville.  But alas due to the late start didn’t get that far, yet still had a great ride.
 Plus stopped and took a walk up a little side-canyon.
The rock is primarily sandstone and shale.  
As the soft shale erodes from under the sandstone it forms talus slopes dotted with giant blocks of sandstone which reveal bedding planes from the originally deposited sands. 
See the stone gargoyle?
Erosion shapes the rock most interestingly. 
Face looking down on cockatiel, frog and raven
What do you see?
 Plus erosion of the sandstone itself shows up close once the blocks roll into the canyon. 
I love to see the way nature sculpts the rocks.
 Enjoyed lunch under the sun and below the spillway at the end of the canyon.
 I am always amazed at the power of water.  I sat drinking water to stay hydrated while looking down canyon at the evidence of its strength to move rock and bend plants… 
 …leaving behind tumbled stone embedded in sand from far away.
Found an arch.  You’ll have to look closely.  OK, so maybe it’s not really an arch but a hole in fallen sandstone.  
Still a few flowers which I didn’t recognize.
Golden fall colors of the cottonwoods and willows contrasted against the dry desert and stark rocky canyon walls.
The road beckoned on but day light waned.  
 Maybe next time I’ll make it all the way to Kodachrome State Park.
 I know this is a long post, I did take over 200 photos, but I can’t help myself.  Would you have taken less?
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Kanab sunset

01 Sunset from RV window Kanab UT (1024x767)

We’ve been parked in Kanab for a week now and still haven’t been bothered by anyone from the cemetery behind us.  Hopefully we’ll be out of here before Halloween so as not to press our luck.

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