Valley of the Gods - Supermoon

Howells Outdoors

Adventure is my middle name...actually it's Keith.
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First off, it's hard for me to rationalize posting a thread on Backcountrypost that isn't really backcountry. My mind just yells at me to stop, but my hands keep typing. Because of this fight going on it took me awhile to post on here, but the original post is on the blog.

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When I heard a Supermoon was happening, I got all stoked. I knew a shot that I wanted to take and I had the camera gear to get it (hypothetically, because I don't really have the know-how to get the shot I wanted). Both unluckily and luckily the cloud cover at the Valley of the Gods prevented me from the photo I was looking for.

My wife and I did enjoy a beautiful moon-lit drive through the Valley. This was the first time I had entered the area. I have seen from afar; as I drive from BLuff to Mexican Hat and viceversa on a regular basis now, but never gone up in the Valley. @IntrepidXJ's photos from the BLuff Balloon Festival made this a place on my tick-list. It should be on everyones tick-list. It's a gorgeous "off-road" drive. The towers are spectacular, especially at night under the moon.

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I get why the Navajo's thought the features were frozen warriors. The shapes all look to have faces or bodies and every point-of-view makes the shape shift into a different view. Lady in the Tub is the best, but each wall and tower has it's own personality as you drive by. I watched one shape change from a tall slender man (not to be confused with the Internet urban legend Slenderman) into a morbidly obese character next to Toothless, the dragon from How To Train Your Dragon. It was awesome. Not possible to capture on video or photo because it was just what I saw.

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Now that I got done typing that and reading back over I realize it sounds like we might have been smokin' something or gotten into some moonflower. No, it's more of a watching the clouds sort of thing. Hahaha.

Anyway, great place Valley of the Gods.

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First off, it's hard for me to rationalize posting a thread on Backcountrypost that isn't really backcountry. My mind just yells at me to stop, but my hands keep typing.

Dear Keith's hands,

Please keep overriding his mind. We really, really like this stuff. Backcountry schmackcountry, we love the outdoors. Period.

Sincerely,

BCP People
 
Dear Keith's hands,

Please keep overriding his mind. We really, really like this stuff. Backcountry schmackcountry, we love the outdoors. Period.

Sincerely,

BCP People

Touchė!
 
If this website were limited to the backcountry you'd never see anything from me. Awesome shots, thank you for sharing! That place is on my to-do list and this post reinforced that. My favorite shot hands down is the moon behind the cloud next to the rock formation-too cool!
 
Nice report. It is indeed a beautiful area. I camped on a cliff at the top of the Moqui Dugway last summer. The view is incredible.
 
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