Images from Mezzelli's "Night at the Museum".  Great dancing, lighting wasn't the greatest for photography so.. here's what I got.

The 2009 Lebanese Festival and a side event at the Riverside Founders Festival with Troupe Roja and Mezzelli's Mirage dancers

Finally the Grand Canyon! Or at least, the South Rim 

21 Jun:  Arrived with my parents and sister late in the afternoon and caught the sunset at various points along the east side of the south rim.  Alas the smog either from pollution or the controlled burn obscured much.  I attempted to clean up these pictures but it was very hard

22 Jun:  Sunrise at Mather point with a follow up at Yavapai point.  Later in the day we walked the red line along the Rim trail westward.  We almost made it, taking the bus from Pima Point the last mile to Hermit's Rest (the asphalt was very hot).  Great views!  Was exhausted after that so no sunset shots

23 Jun:  I walked from Mather point back to the village so covered most of the Rim trail on foot overall.  Again smog was a bit of an issue.  I shot the sunset at Hopi point and if I were to do that again, I would have gone further to Pima point to have more of the rocks below reflect the sunset light.

24 Jun:  Sunrise at Yavapai point!   It took 2 hours to get the right light through the clouds but it worked!

- Notes

• Argh - dirt on sensor!  I did my best to keep the dirt out but I spent many hours cleaning up spots
• Polarizer did help a bit on the smog conditions but can only do so much without overpolarizing the sky and making it look unnatural
• Water is good!
• People who do the Bright Angel Trail must have legs of steel!

As others have said, if you visit one park in Utah, this is probably it!  Bryce Canyon has a huge series of dramatic rock formations across its land which you can hike above or down in below. 

I oddly woke up at 5:30 in the morning so I decided to head in for the sunrise and I wasn't disappointed.  The light arrived over the rim of the canyon into the rock formations below and from there it was one great picture after another across the park!  Later in the day I walked down the Navajo trail (Wall street side) into the canyon and came back up the Queens Garden trail.  It was definatly worth the long climb up!

Enjoy the pictures!  After this I dropped by the Coral Sand Dunes National Park, which was eh.. so-so.. then I called it a vacation and headed home.  My legs were exhausted from 5 days of hiking up and down (or rather.. down and up in most cases) across Arizona and Utah!