A visit to the last mapped area of the continental U.S. will leave you with an idea of a color palette for your next painting. Meshed between a few national parks and national recreation areas, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument is from another world. Stop by the Bureau of Land Management Visitors Center and learn about the history of dinosaurs and the number of fossils scattered throughout this area surrounding the Escalante River. We barely scratched the surface of this 1.9 million acres of land and thus only found a couple pieces of trash. We took a hike to the toadstools, which reminded us of the Valley of the Moon in the Andes of Argentina, when traveling from the Grand Canyon to Zion. And over a month later we passed through the northern parts of the staircase on our way from Arches to Bryce Canyon and stopped to see the Escalante River flowing by. To learn more about our nation's last protected area, visit: http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante.html
Approximate trash/recyclables collected: 10 pieces
Description: tissue paper, plastic bottle, corners of plastic candy bar wrappers and cigarette butt
Dates visited: March 1, 2009 and April 15, 2009
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