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Our first stop was Goblin State Park, about 200 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. The park got its name from the odd rock formations that look like goblins and ghouls. Some of the formations looked like marching goblins.

The Entrada Canyon Trail leaves from the campground through the Goblin Valley, and intersects with several other possible trails.

Our little blue tent looks lost among the big cliffs and rocks.

Next day, on to Capitol Reef National Park where we saw the Egyptian Temple, cliffs with holes, and panoramas, stacked palatial pillars.

These candy-colored layers paved our path to the magnificent, mammoth Cassidy Arch, our final destination on this particular trail, making it well worth the trip.

On our way back, we stopped to rest in the shade of some rocks.

In this photo, Brian is standing on a ledge over Capitol Gorge, characterized by vertically-streaked standstone cliffs.

While strolling through the Grand Wash, a deep and narrow pass that snakes through the canyon, we stumbled upon some wild goats happily eating grass until I startled them with a camera click.

On our way to a high place in the mountains called The Tanks (cascading pools of water trapped in the shadows of high rocks and cliffs), we passed by many scored mountains that looked as if someone had scratched them.

As you can see from this photo taken in the Grand Wash, the cliff walls have been smoothly carved out from gushing water.

Back in Salt Lake city, we toured the copper mine, 2 miles wide, visible from outer space. The largest excavation on Earth, and supplies 15% of the US copper needs.