10 AUGUST 2008 -- COLORADO CITY, AZ: Views of the Arizona Strip near Colorado City, AZ. The Arizona Strip is the high desert in Arizona between the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and the Utah state line. It is a very arid region, most of the vegetation is sagebrush with juniper and pinion trees at higher elevations. The two largest communities on the strip are Fredonia, south of Kanab, UT and Colorado City, which is east of St. George, UT. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ