Until tonight, I hadn't watched the movie, Thelma & Louise, since it was new to VHS. I downloaded it and watched it on my computer here, when toward the end of the movie, I started recognizing some of the geography. I travel by road a lot, probably up and down and across most states in the lower 48. It was around the last few minutes of the movie that I just KNEW, and had to dig up a photo my dad took of me last October when we took a last-second vacation down to Moab, Utah. We spent an entire day driving through Canyonlands National Park so I could take some photos, since it's not a very well-visited park, seeing as how Arches Nat'l Park is across the main highway into town.
I found the photo (below) and compared it to a screen shot of a scene in the movie...and voila! I was SO THERE!
At the end when they're about to drive off the cliff, "Louise" mentions that she thinks they're at the Grand Canyon, and a shot of a deputy's arm patch says Arizona, but this location was actually in Utah at a much prettier location than the Grand Canyon, IMO. Gotta give props to the location scouter.
I can't wait to go back again and spend more time there. I felt such peace, and a connection to the stunning, grand vistas. Fittingly, it was also a beautiful end in the movie. Long live Thelma and Louise!!!!
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