Utah

The mesas Monitor and Merrimac (named after US Civil War ironclad battleships)

Dead Horse Point Loop

View from Dead Horse Point

Oh what a feeling!

Rachel on the edge

Looking over the Colorado River

View to the east from near Dead Horse Point

Squirrel enjoying the view

Colorado River

Ding and Dang Canyons

Rachel in Ding Canyon

Rachel scrambling

Rachel in Ding

A series of nice potholes high up in Ding

Rachel scrambling one of the potholes

In the skull?

Ding Dang Dome

Scrambling near the top of Dang Canyon

Bypassing one of the drops via a high ledge

Rachel on another little downclimb

More downclimbing!

A bit of easy bridging to keep dry feet

Camp at the trailhead