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Flight over Canyonlands
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J34 - Wednesday, June 13
Wake up at 6am. We have an appointment at 10:15 am at the airport for a flight over Canyonlands with
Redtail Aviation, so we're in no hurry. Purchasing postcards, trip to the City Market for croissant,
donuts and ice cream and we leave for the airport where we arrive at 9:58 with 82°F.
Having met our pilot, Tim Martin, a "grandfather" of at least 72 years, we get to our plane; we're only 3, it's all great! The plane is a small plane
(Cessna 172). At the suggestion of Isabelle, I take the front seat with the camcorder, Isabelle the rear seats with our Nikon to be able to shoot right and left.
Take off at 10:40; the pilot is first rather laconic then, as we has shown that we knew a little bit this region and that we were interested
(we are not common tourists somehow), ice is broken and he becomes endless, sometimes entering into long explanations which we don't necessarily
understand everything 
. But, obviously, he loves his region, its landscapes and we too; it’s fine.
I discover a year later, in writing this page, that Tim is the pilot who crossed Corona Arch with his plane, for example.
We'll fly over the Green River, Canyonlands, the Henry Mountains, the Waterpocket Fold, the upper part of the Lake Powell, Colorado River,
the Maze, the Needles and Island in the Sky.
Our pilot sometimes does another passage for Isabelle can photograph an arch from another angle; thank you Tim 
.
We leave the plane at 12:40 pm with a big and large grin
, both delighted, ecstatic.
This outing is relatively expensive ($ 594 for two, 2012 price), but we recommend it, it's part of our best memories.
Even now, as we review our photos one year later, the pleasure of this day is still alive, happiness in its purest form.
Green River & Island in the Sky (30 photos)
Henry Mountains (22 photos)
NOTE: The plot shows the crossing of Henry Mountains between Mount Pennell and Mount Hillers.
Waterpocket Fold (21 photos)
Lac Powell & Colorado (19 photos)
The Maze (20 photos)
The Needles & Island in the Sky (23 photos)
We hope, after seeing these pictures, you want to make this flight .
Seeking informations on Tim Martin,
I found a website in English,
written by a German, who tells the same kind of overview, with the same pilot. The photos are superb.
The original site (but in German).
Significantly more photos (~ 125 in 900*600).
You must see it, even if you do not speak German, the photos are in your native language .
The same site, but with pictures in 1200*800.
And finally, a last link to an almost identical flight that ours.
