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Quetza Azteca

Quetza Azteca flying gracefully through the sky with clouds in the background
Name: Quetza Azteca
Genus: Quetzalcoatlus
Size: 40 ft. wingspan, 9 ft tall
Age: 22
Gender: female
Weight: 250 lbs.
Diet: fish and carrion
Habitat: coastal & open water
Skills: navigation & interviewing
Education: finishing degrees in Geography, Geology, Journalism
Expertise: Land Forms
Hobbies: travel and meeting new creatures
 
Aquarius Plateau and questa
Look what I did during my vacation!
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hoodoos
Able to traverse vast distances, Quetza traveled all over the American southwest during her summer vacation. Passing by Powell Point of the Aquarius Plateau she had a beautiful view of Bryce Canyon National Park and also Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. She found the thermal updrafts over the hot dry landscape easy to ride.
 
glen canyon

Near Grand Canyon National Park, she stopped over at a small historic fort, Pipe Spring National Monument, on the Arizona strip. Later she circled over Glen Canyon National Recreation Area where she found plenty of fish to eat.
 
North Cascades - looking across a meadow and lake.

After a long vacation in the heat of the southwest she made her way to the northwest and spent some time in the wide U-shaped valleys of North Cascades National Park.

 

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Bryce Canyon Paintbrush

The Bryce Canyon Paintbrush was discovered June 24, 1965 at Inspiration Point in Bryce Canyon National Park. This rare wildflower is only found in southwestern Utah. More...