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An alternate way up to the Island in the Sky section of Canyonlands National Park, the Shafer trail is a long, dusty, bumpy, but beautiful road. High clearance vehicles are recommended.
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The road goes by Thelma and Louise Point, made famous in the ending scene of the 1991 movie --
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Where Thelma and Louise drove their car off the cliff into the Colorado River.
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This is the Thelma dummy used in the movie. Louise was stolen some years back.
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The road gets a little worse, but still doesn't need 4-wheel drive.
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This is the section of the road below Dead Horse Point, where our jet boat turned around the day before.
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After a long while, the road ends up at the base of a cliff. Here I am looking back at the road. My son gave me a HEAVY camera when I was back East. I sure hope I don't drop it!
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And these are the switchbacks I came up. If you look closely you can see some tiny cars down there.
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Once up on the Island in the Sky mesa, I went to all the viewpoints, including this view of Monument Basin from the Grand View Overlook.
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And a glimpse of the Green River before it merges with the Colorado River, from Green River Overlook.
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The classic shot from Mesa Arch.
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And Daredevil Diana on top!
Gorgeous pictures! Just don't lean out too far.
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