Glorious Utah, don't take my Kodachrome away
As we were on the road to Tropic we decided to carry on, through the little town surrounded by green pasture and out on Highway 12 until we came to a signpost to Kodachrome Basin State Park. This looked sufficiently inviting, so we took the detour. Kodachrome Basin was named by the National Geographic Society and with good reason. There are red sandstone cliffs and strange towers known as sedimentary pipes, the origin of which is uncertain. The place is classified as semi desert and is home to rattle snakes, coyotes and mountain lions. Exciting. Kodachrome is a lot lower than Bryce and I certainly felt the heat. There are several paths that you can follow. We set out to see the rock arch first and then went to see a couple of the pipes. After we had walked for a while we saw a storm was brewing over the mountains and so we made a dash back to the car before we got soaked. Although it never really came to anything. We s...