To everyone,

Post trip, I've realized that I miss you all and that being alone in the wilderness is daunting.

Till next time
Char

Amateur Night

A Shoegazer's Guide to the Desert:

Valley of Fire Feet

Salt Flat Feet

Spiral Jetty Feet

Bedrock City Feet!

And some videos:

Plesiobot in motion

Finale of the Golden Spike, for Taylor

Meredith's Victory Lap

Hope all you Honorary Kluths made it home safely! 

Thanks for letting me ride along,

-Becky

Final words

This was an amazing trip with a group of people that were easy to get along with. The whole experience has truly been an inspiration, and I can't wait to get into the studio and start working on ideas that have come through this trek.

Also, I realize that I should have started with the last photos first, since the posting happens in reverse time...but you'll get the gist.

Heather Martin

Spiral Jetty

Along the peninsula into the Salt Lake, near the north east side.

The salt between the spirals of rocks is solid, like ice and crunches under one's footsteps.

Certain algae and brine shrimp give the water a reddish tint.

Becky walking the spiral.

Juan doing a spontaneous ritual with a dry branch.

The Sun Tunnels - the favorite of all

These are cement tubes in an "x" formation with a space in the middle.

The moon as a witness.

Post dawn shadows.

This is the best shot right at dawn, since there were several other people there, who had camped out the night before.

From inside at night, these holes line up with various constellations in the sky.

A different kind of constellation.

No explanation necessary, it was simply inspirational.

No words.

The Tree Sculpture at the Salt Flats, UT

Petrified bananas that I got to bring home with me.

A few of us left our mark in an ephemeral way.

Becky Kluth's contribution.

More Bryce Canyon

The way back up required many rest stops. Charlene and our fearless leader, Meredith, bringing up the rear.

Feeling like General Kluth put us through the paces.

She's still smiling!

Reggie cooling his heels.

Bryce Canyon - another favorite site.

Chuck warned us that if we went down we would have to climb back out.

WOW!!!

As Taylor would say, "AWESOME!"

Some of these formations are named after royalty.

A smaller natural bridge.

More Tidbits

Chuck's version of art...writing "Help Me" on the inside of a chocolate shake with the end of the straw. (IHOP)

One of the monuments in Zion National Park...definitely have to come back and spend more time here.

Mary Anne emerging from our hotel at Bryce. Juan, Mary Anne and I continued the collaborative drawing on the balcony there, making it tricky for people to pass around that fire extinguisher.

Double Negative

Descending into one side of Double Negative.

This picture gives an indication of the scale of these large ditches.

I was at the opening of the first side and Mary Anne had already climbed up the cliff and gone around to the second side.

Again, sorry this is sideways...the view from the other side of Double Negative.

Mary Anne interviewed all of us on our reactions to double negative. Her dad was the resident geologist on the trip, so his perspective was quite different than the rest of us artists and quite welcome as well. While this earthwork, was impressive in its massiveness, for me, it didn't carry the same aura as the Valley of Fire.

Valley of Fire - One of my favorite sites

The pictures don't really show the tremendous color of these rocks, but after a long drive in the a desert with various shades of brown, we came over the crest of a crag and I was amazed to see these bright rust-colored rocks.

Petroglyphs left long ago.

It seemed like one raven or another was our constant companion throughout the trip. This one left its perch and circled around me, cawing as it flew overhead.

Mini Stops near the tip of Nevada

Juan made a beeline for Fred Flinstone's car/trailor at Bedrock.

We just had to stop...don't ask.

Hoover Dam, or if you're a Democrat, Boulder Dam.

It has an Art Deco motif.

The new bridge to alleviate traffic going over the dam.