San Rafael Swell, I-70, Utah is a massive geological uplift. San Rafael Reef is eastern edge of the Swell. In last stages of Interstate 70 construction, a great engineering feat of blasting a highway through the solid rock of the Reef was achieved in the late 1960s. I-70 here is among the most scenic as it crosses the country. Read more at https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2024/07/moab-red-canyon-kodachrome-basin-grosvenor-arch-grand-staircase-escalante-kanab-utah.html

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The Vagabond Couple: Trans-America USA + Mexico Overland 9,000-mile 31-day Roadtrip | Part 6 | Moab to Kanab, Utah | I-70 West Vistas, Arches of Red Canyon in Dixie National Forest, Kodachrome Basin & Grosvenor Arch in Grand Staircase-Escalante

Part 6 of epic trans-USA & Mexico 9,000 mile road-trip: Moab, I-70 views, Red Canyon, Dixie National Forest, Kodachrome Basin, Grosvenor Arch to Kanab

The Vagabond Couple
The Vagabond Couple: Trans-America USA + Mexico Overland 9,000-mile 31-day Roadtrip | Part 6 | Moab to Kanab, Utah | I-70 West Vistas, Arches of Red Canyon in Dixie National Forest, Kodachrome Basin & Grosvenor Arch in Grand Staircase-Escalante

Part 6 of epic trans-USA & Mexico 9,000 mile road-trip: Moab, I-70 views, Red Canyon, Dixie National Forest, Kodachrome Basin, Grosvenor Arch to Kanab

The Vagabond Couple
#SanRafaelSwell in #UT Keep it Secret, keep it safe. #conservation Still rather undesturbed by the masses.
Pity the fool in a slot canyon in monsoon season in a hypercharged rainfall season. "Prepare Accordingly".... (per UT Emery County Sheriff's Office). Notably, they are unlikely to get this warning (WEA, transmitted over cell phone towers... if you're down in a slot canyon, you're never getting a warning). #flashflooding #slotcanyon #sanrafaelswell #flooding
Passing through the San Rafael Swell on an April 2023 road trip. #geology #SanRafaelSwell #sandstone