An Interesting & Scenic Journey in Photographs

This past Monday I journeyed from Sandy, UT, where I participated in a Gem Faire event, back home to the Central Coast of California. Along the way I captured this series of images minus the ones I took in the Virgin River Gorge which shall be posted here next.

Pine Valley Mountains

Pine Valley Mountains

Pine Valley Mountains

Red rocks north of St. George, Utah.

Pine Valley Mountains

Pine Valley Mountains

Pine Valley Mountains

Interstate-15

Pine Valley Mountains

Interstate-15

Interstate-15 through St. George, UT.

Interstate-15 through St. George, UT.

Interstate-15 in Central St. George, UT.

St. George, UT.

Mojave Desert; Northwest Arizona

Mojave Desert; Northwest Arizona

Interstate-15

Las Vegas, NV, in the distance as viewed from Interstate-15.

Interstate-15 descending into Las Vegas Valley.

Where kitsch is king.

Sand piled by wind upon various hillsides.

Interstate-15 in California's Mojave Desert

Pastel-colored bluffs on the southeast flank of the Calico Mountains.

Famous rockhounding locale Mule Canyon in Calico Mountains.

Calico Mountains; San Bernardino County, CA.

Calico Ghost Town, San Bernardino County, CA

Antelope Fire base camp at the park in Lost Hills, Kern County, CA.

Antelope Fire base camp at the park in Lost Hills, Kern County, CA.

Antelope Fire burn area in the Temblor Range, Kern County, CA.

The fire burned 5,196 acres.

Cholame Valley, San Luis Obispo County, CA

Middle Mountain in middle of photo is underlain by San Andreas Fault Zone.

Cholame Valley is a rift valley of the San Andreas Fault Zone.

Actor James Dean died here September 30, 1955.

CalFire S-2 tanker launching from Paso Robles Air Attack Base.

Photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved)