Neilson Wash

[MonikaC]

All of you folks who have been heading to Factory Butte or to the Skyline Overlook have cruised right past Neilson Wash. I've checked out another wash a little further up, but it wasn't as interesting. After a rain to fill in the potholes, it should be really pretty. I stopped at a place where, in order to proceed, I would have had to down climb a downward traverse on a slightly overhanging wall on flat-cut holds over a large stagnant pool with very large boulders in it with camera pack on my back. And was suffering from too much driving and caffeine the previous day. I guess you can go down the next fork that joins into this one & see it from the bottom, then turn around & walk back to the road, but I had a drive ahead of me that I was kind of anxious to get on. As it was, I did have 1 pool to wade around the edges of after trying various ways to avoid it.

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow - what a neat example of erosion at work. I love the honeycombs of the second image and the reflections in the last one. Neat terrain for B&W too - nice work with that.

 

[Bob Israel]

Love the black and white!

 

[Ben Egbert]

Great job, we need you to give us a guided tour of the area around Hanksville.

 

[JimFox]

Wow Monika! That's so cool looking! I am guessing we need to slow down a bit on our way to Skyline Overlook it seems. I am going to have to look this one up and see where it is on the map.

Great shots Monika.

 

[MonikaC]

Wow Monika! That's so cool looking! I am guessing we need to slow down a bit on our way to Skyline Overlook it seems. I am going to have to look this one up and see where it is on the map.

Great shots Monika.

1.8 miles from the pavement on the main road into Factory Butte.

 

[MonikaC]

Love the black and white!

Thanks, Bob.

 

[MonikaC]

Great job, we need you to give us a guided tour of the area around Hanksville.

Thanks, Ben. The best is yet to come.........

 

[Timmeh]

I really like #2! But trypophobic people would not be happy with any of these I'm only slightly distracted by the out of focus bottom portion of the frame.

 

[David S]

Nice tones, I like the second one the most, have you seen the movie "Old"

 

[Douglas Sherman]

All of you folks who have been heading to Factory Butte or to the Skyline Overlook have cruised right past Neilson Wash. I've checked out another wash a little further up, but it wasn't as interesting. After a rain to fill in the potholes, it should be really pretty. I stopped at a place where, in order to proceed, I would have had to down climb a downward traverse on a slightly overhanging wall on flat-cut holds over a large stagnant pool with very large boulders in it with camera pack on my back. And was suffering from too much driving and caffeine the previous day. I guess you can go down the next fork that joins into this one & see it from the bottom, then turn around & walk back to the road, but I had a drive ahead of me that I was kind of anxious to get on. As it was, I did have 1 pool to wade around the edges of after trying various ways to avoid it.

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These are really interesting images, Monika.

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

Nice shots! Looks like a great place to spend some time.

 

[Dean]

What a neat looking place Monika. My favorite of the lot is the last with the reflection.

 

[MonikaC]

Nice tones, I like the second one the most, have you seen the movie "Old"

No, I haven't. What's it about?

I really like #2! But trypophobic people would not be happy with any of these I'm only slightly distracted by the out of focus bottom portion of the frame.

Yeah, me, too.