About a mile to the southeast, just beyond the steep dropoff on the left, there is room to park, walk a short distance through the trees to the east, and observe a fine view of main Ute Canyon, as shown in figure 52. Just beyond on our right are the cliffs of the mottled salmon-and-white Slick Rock Member overlain by the all white Moab Member, as shown in figure 18 and described in the accompanying text. Half a mile southeast, where the road makes a gentle U-turn and continues northeastward, we reach the highest point on Rim Rock Drive at an altitude of about 6,640 feet. Note that the piñon and juniper are larger, and the bushes are larger and greener at this altitude, for the average precipitation increases as we go higher. LOWER UTE CANYON VIEW [Mile-marker 28] About a mile northeast of the highest point on the road is a large parking area on the left, from which a short, shaded trail leads to a fenced overlook called Lower Ute Canyon View, which faces the northwest arm of Ute Canyon across the main canyon. [Illustration: UTE CANYON, looking northeast from point described in text. Note grass-covered alluvium in distant part of canyon floor. (Fig. 52)] RED CANYON OVERLOOK [Mile-marker 29] About half a mile beyond this parking area, we reach a small parking area at Red Canyon Overlook, from which the photograph shown in figure 12 was taken. The dark green bush of Mormon Tea in the right foreground of figure 12 is one of the largest I have seen in the Monument. The reasons for the differences between the left and right walls of the canyon are discussed on pages 79 and 80. The ripple-marked curbstones of white sandstone in the parking area were quarried from the Moab Member of the Entrada Sandstone northwest of Fruita Canyon, as noted on page 96. DS ROAD COLD SHIVERS POINT [Mile-marker 30]