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In Grand County, Utah, on August 25th, 2022, Swasey's Rapids on the Green River as viewed from a Bureau of Land Management recreation area at Swasey's Beach.

There's Gunnison Butte, on the opposite riverbank in Emery County. The Green River flows to the Colorado River.

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In Grand County, Utah, on August 25th, 2022, the Green River at the mouth of Gray Canyon, as viewed from a Bureau of Land Management recreation area at Swasey's Beach.

There's the Beckwith Plateau, on the opposite riverbank in Emery County. The Green River flows to the Colorado River.

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"We are chuggin thru the alluvium, even as we deposit the silts that create alluvium," chant the waters, aloud, in English, as they flow. The words become scrambled on audiorecordings but I heard them clearly with my ears while I was onsite. The chanting voices consistently pluralized "silts" but not "alluvium."

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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, Professor Creek as viewed from the east side of Utah State Route 128.

Professor Creek flows to the Colorado River. There are the Fisher Mesa and the La Sal Mountains on the horizon.

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This ought to be getting you thirsty for fruity-tasting beverages this color.

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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, Professor Creek as viewed from the west side of Utah State Route 128.

Professor Creek flows to the Colorado River. Yon cliffs are at the edge of the Dome Plateau.

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Ah yes the view of the Colorado River from Dead Horse Point: I remember it from photographic representations on souvenir postcards and refrigerator magnets I have seen.

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In Dead Horse Point State Park in San Juan County, Utah, on August 24th, 2022, the Colorado River as viewed from an overlook at Dead Horse Point, among sandstone layers ranging from the Permian period (lower) to the Early Jurassic epoch (upper). The dirt road is Potash Road.

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DON'T THEY!!

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Near Moab in Grand County, Utah, on August 25th, 2022, along Mill Creek in a Bureau of Land Management recreation area at the east end of Powerhouse Lane.

Mill Creek flows to the Colorado River.

According to Macrostrat, this site is near the boundary of the Kayenta and Navajo sandstone formations, both part of the Glen Canyon Group, formed during the Early Jurassic epoch in the Mesozoic era. I lack confidence in my ability to distinguish between the two formations in this setting.

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Hydrodynamic forces do their business in Mill Creek, outside Moab.

In this context, when I say "do their business" I mean "go about their business." I am trying to help popularize this usage.

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Near Moab in Grand County, Utah, on August 25th, 2022, Mill Creek in a Bureau of Land Management recreation area at the east end of Powerhouse Lane, following a flash flood earlier that week.

Mill Creek flows to the Colorado River.

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"We don't even see any sandstone. All we can think of is mills," was maybe how it went.

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Near Moab in Grand County, Utah, on August 25th, 2022, along Mill Creek in a Bureau of Land Management recreation area at the east end of Powerhouse Lane.

Mill Creek flows to the Colorado River.

According to Macrostrat, this site is near the boundary of the Kayenta and Navajo sandstone formations, both part of the Glen Canyon Group, formed during the Early Jurassic epoch in the Mesozoic era. I lack confidence in my ability to distinguish between the two formations in this setting.

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Beehives are homes of flying and buzzing "deserets."

Per the Book of Mormon, among the mass migrations that followed the events at the Tower of Babel was that of the Jaredites to North America. In the Jaredite tongue, deseret meant honeybee. And that's how come there's a beehive on all the road signs.

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In Grand County near Moab, Utah, on August 25th, 2022, on Utah State Route 279, south of U.S. Route 191.

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Our sandstone layers are diagonally tilted.

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Near Moab in Grand County, Utah, on August 25th, 2022, along Mill Creek in a Bureau of Land Management recreation area at the east end of Powerhouse Lane.

According to Macrostrat, the sandstone is part of the Glen Canyon Group, formed during the Early Jurassic epoch in the Mesozoic era.

Mill Creek flows to the Colorado River.

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Are we happier to arrive in Grand County, or to exit San Juan County? Is "happier" the word that best describes how we feel when we pass from one to the other?

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At the boundary of Grand County and San Juan County, Utah, on August 24th, 2022, at the east side of Grand View Point Road/Island in the Sky Road, on Bureau of Land Management land.

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If you like sparse vegetation, gravel-capped benchlands, low rounded hills, badlands, and barbed wire fences, then you ought to be making plans to permanently relocate to eastern Utah. Hurry!

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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, at the "Harley's Dome View Area" off westbound Interstate 70.

According to my interpretation of page 32 of Roadside Geology of Utah 2nd edition (2014) and Macrostrat, at the left are exposures of Dakota Sandstone, formed 113 to 95.022 million years ago, during the Aptian and Albian ages of the Early Cretaceous epoch, and the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch.

On the rounded hills are gray exposures of Mancos Shale, formed 89.8 to 74.97 million years ago, during the Coniacian, Santonian, and Campanian ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch (per Macrostrat).

On the horizon are the Book Cliffs.

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"In 1921, the name of this stretch of the river was changed from 'Grand River' to 'Colorado River' by the U.S. Congress and President Warren Harding," added Mother, "at the behest of politicians from Colorado. It's a funfact."

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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, the Colorado River as viewed from Utah State Route 128, southwest of the former town of Dewey.

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Raft people like to go boating in this but I'll be standing over here.

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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, the Rocky Rapids on the Colorado River, as viewed from the grounds of the Bureau of Land Management's Rocky Rapid Boat Ramp.

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For a proposed database of muddy water tourist pics of loving couples from behind.

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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, the Colorado River at the Bureau of Land Management's Dewey Bridge Recreation Site along Utah State Route 128.

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Funfact One: Situated between the cliffs and the parking lot is the Colorado River. You can't see it!

Funfact Two: The eastern boundary of Arches National Park is about five miles west of here. Apparently the Dry Mesa was thought not to be pretty enough for inclusion in the park.

Funfacts Three and Four: Up top are vertical cliffs of Wingate Sandstone of the Glen Canyon Group, formed ~206.7 to ~199.8 million years ago in the Mesozoic era, during the Rhaetian age of the Late Triassic epoch and the Hettangian age of the Early Jurassic epoch. Below that are diagonal cliffs of the Chinle Formation, formed ~237 to ~206.7 million years ago, during the Carnian, Norian, and Rhaetian ages of the Late Triassic epoch. Each geological formation is its own funfact. Ages are per Macrostrat).

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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, at a parking lot on the grounds of the Bureau of Land Management's Rocky Rapid Boat Ramp.

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In Moab, Utah, on August 25th, 2022, Pack Creek as viewed from a bridge on a footpath connecting U.S. Route 191 and 400 East.

Pack Creek flows to Mill Creek, which flows to the Colorado River.

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Maybe the anthills are part of the flooding aftermath?, idk.

You could read about the big flood if you were curious about it. No pressure.

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In Moab, Utah, on August 25th, 2022, Pack Creek as viewed off a footpath connecting U.S. Route 191 and 400 East.

Pack Creek flows to Mill Creek, which flows to the Colorado River.

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To "remember" in this case is to "look at a picture of." This hillock is a small badland.

Verily (per Macrostrat) this was a display of an exposure of the Blue Gate Member of the Mancos Shale, formed 90.825 to 74.975 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous. Ah yes the Late Cretaceous, I remember it.


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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, a view of Bureau of Land Management public land from Cisco Highway at its crossing of Cisco Wash.

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Page 32 of Roadside Geology of Utah (2nd edition, 2014) tells us we're looking at Dakota Sandstone and, underlying it, the Burro Canyon/Cedar Mountain Formation. I do not know where the boundary is between the two. The authors tell us the name Burro Canyon Formation is only used on the other side of the Colorado River from here, implying that this should rightly be called the Cedar Mountain Formation, but Macrostrat calls it the Burro Canyon Formation so idk. It appears that the Burro Canyon and Cedar Mountain formations are commonly referred to in combination (here, for instance) or interchangeably, so I am not going to get wound up about it.

Macrostrat says Dakota Sandstone was formed 113 to 95.022 million years ago, during the Aptian and Albian ages of the Early Cretaceous epoch, and the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch. And it says the Burro Canyon Formation is 121.4 to 119.3 million years old, formed during the Barremian and Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous epoch. Time keeps on passing!

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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, at the "Harley's Dome View Area" off westbound Interstate 70.

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