Yea, you did I can tell by your pictures.

The picture right before "What little humanity I found be was not that which I wished to find. " is an uplift in southern Utah known as THE CAPITOL REEF / Grand Staircase Escalante. The uplift is one of my favorite sights in the whole world, I can see geology in motion there. Also you can see this uplift on any flight from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City.