In early spring, after the break in the long Canadian Winter, I begin to dream about Southern Utah's Canyonlands National Park , a place that I first visited 20 years ago.

Each year, I visit Utah's canyonlands parks during the April to May season -- a time of flowering plants and moderate temperatures (60 - 90 degrees F).

The Anasazi , a people who inhabited the canyonlands in prehistory, left records of their dreams in the form of rock art and ruins. If you would like to see some of the ruins, here's a slideshow showing Anasazi places like Chaco, Bandelier, Hoovenweep and Arch Canyon .

Visitors to Canyonlands National Park enjoy it in a variety of ways including hiking, rafting, biking, 4-wheeling, photographing and just plain looking. My preference is day hiking with a small pack.

While there are the usual conflicts between the various users -- I think that each visitor can not help but experience the special spirit of Utah's canyonlands parks.

The links contain information on Canyonlands National Park and the expressions of some of the many canyonlands visitors who have left records in the forms of pictographs, petroglyphs, stories, photographs, art, poetry, notes on flora and fauna, geology guides, travel services, and pleas for help in conserving portions of this great region.

Feel free to contact me if you would like information about visiting these regions. On the links pages you will find pages done by people who provide professional advice should you decide to visit. There is no charge for my advice.

If you too have visited Utah's canyonlands country, send me your URL, story, photos, comments, whatever and I'll find a way to include them on these pages.

This Canyonlands National Park page is available to you with the compliments of Ray Rasmussen . I hope that you enjoy your virtual and real journeys in Utah's Slickrock Country.

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