Bryce Canyon National Park.

A section of petrified wood stands in the Escalante Petrified Forest Sate Park.

A late summer wild flower in Devils Garden along Hole-In-The-Rock Road in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Chris walks under the cool waters of Calf Creek Falls. Photo by Dave Haynes.

A small arch in Bryce Canyon National Park.

Desert blooms flourish in the late summer

A very narrow Spooky Gulch slot canyon.

A slot canyon in the Dry Fork Gulch area in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

A very narrow Spooky Gulch slot canyon.

Hikers must take off backpacks to fit into Spooky Gulch slot canyon.

Hiking in one of many slot canyon in Dry Fork Gulch.

One of many slot canyons in the Dry Fork Gulch area.

Molly gets a free ride in one of the slot canyons in the Dry Fork Gulch area.

Hiking in Devil’s Garden.

An arch in Devils Garden.

Devils Garden rock hoodoos and wild flowers.

A section of petrified tree in the Escalante Petrified Forset State Park, just west of the town of Escalante, Utah.

The 127 foot-high Calf Creek Falls in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a 6-mile round-trip hike.

The beauty of nature

Dogs can enjoy the hike to Calf Creek Falls also.

Hiking into Calf Creek Falls.

At last! After a 3-mile one-way hike we reach the cool waters of Calf Creek Falls.

Red Rocks abound in Bryce Canyon.

Two small arches hide amid thousands of hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park.

Tourists crowd one of the overlooks in Bryce Canyon National Park.

The view from one of the overlooks in Bryce Canyon National Park.

A photographer takes photos of the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park.

Thousands of hoodoos stand attention in Bryce Canyon National Park.

A natural bridge in Bryce Canyon National Park.

An overlook in Bryce Canyon National Park.

Bryce Canyon National Park.