Toadstools

Toadstools from a distance

Or planted by aliens

Check out the lizard on the Yucca plant

The wash used as a trail

Lizard hangout

Toadstool

Alien world

More toadstools

Hoping the rock stays put

Time and water.  Amazing how it works 

Almost like Stonehenge

Nice place for a handstand!

I loved walking along this white slickrock

Another of the many lizards I spotted

A blooming Yucca plant 

I came across the Toadstools while glancing at a book at the Kodachrome visitor center.  While driving into Page on Thursday, I noticed the parking area.  Though I didn't have the time to stop, I planned to go while on my way back to Vegas.

The Toadstools are located in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM).  So naturally this is going to be a great place.  It did not disappoint.  Classic GSENM colors.  The walk to the Toadstools mostly went through a sandy wash.  I'd really love to be here during "monsoon season" to watch the water slam through.  It's supposedly a remarkable sight.

After a bit of climbing, I entered the area of the Toadstools.  They are some of the more interesting rock formations that I've seen.  They appear to have been planted.  Almost unnatural.  I came across an incredibly white landscape.  And under the noon sun, the bright, white landscape seemed completely of another world.  My eyes had difficulty adjusting.  Despite this, I spotted more lizards on this walk than I've seen the entire trip.