எத்தனை கோடி இன்பம் வைத்தாய் ! – எங்கள் இறைவா! இறைவா! இறைவா! – மகாகவி பாரதியார் How many billions are the joys, Thou hast designed O Lord, O Lord! – Mahakavi Bharathiyar – English translation by Sekkizhar Adi-p-podi T N Ramachandran I always…
Grand Canyon is the last national park we visited in this Southwest USA tour. We are now in a position to compare it with other parks. Zion National Park is for us to experience the towers of stone; Grand Teton…
Lake Powell is a reservoir on Colorado river. It is the second largest man made reservoir with 25 million acre feet of water when it is full. It has a maximum length of 185 miles, maximum width of 25 miles…
Zion National Park is in southwestern Utah. It has an area of 150,000 acres (230 sq.miles). It is the fifth most visited park in the country with 4.3 million visitors in 2016. Paiute Indians occupied this area long ago and…
Bryce Canyon National Park is located 270 miles south of Salt Lake City. It has an area of 36,000 acres. 2.4 million people visit the park each year. Bryce is high in altitude 6000-8000 ft with an 18 mile scenic…
Cities and roads provide access to National Parks. Some cities are historically famous; some are built for fun. Some roads are interesting for their history and some are for their scenery. Two such cities and two such roads are given…
Yellowstone is a familiar name in national parks. As a symbol of American West, it offers majestic views of mountains, rivers, water falls, deep canyons, green valleys and plain meadows. It is wilderness, unspoiled. Hundreds of bison migrating. Grizzly bears…
We had a brief stop over at the Little Bighorn Battlefield while traveling from Sheridan to Cody on our way to Yellowstone. It is only a short detour, an hour drive (70 miles north) from Sheridan. The Battlefield offers a…
Wyoming is the next state we visited in our journey. It is a cowboy country with vast areas of grass lands, wild life and sparse population. As we were heading for the main attractions namely Yellowstone and Grand Teton National…
Grand Teton National Park is named after its tallest peak Grand Teton (13, 770′). The park area is 300,000 acre and located in Jackson Hole valley. It is one of the ten most visited parks in the country with an…