So … why is this a national park? I admit. We’re jaded. After weeks in the grandeur of Colorado and Utah we’ve become spoiled to
Tag: National Parks
The Best Way to See Zion Is on a Bicycle
Of course this most popular of Utah’s national parks1 is grand and picturesque no matter how you experience it. The towering sandstone walls cleaved by
Middle Earth
The Paiute people lived around what is now Bryce Canyon beginning around 1200AD. Today, the Bryce Canyon National Park preserves vast areas connected to Paiute
Someplace Green
After more than a month on the arid high plateaus of southern Utah, my eyesight has changed. Like wearing a pair of tinted glasses, everything
Candy Land
The color palette of southern Utah’s arid plateau is limited almost entirely to reds, oranges, browns, and beiges. Yes, there’s the huge, uninterrupted span of
A Landscape of Down
Canyonlands National Park is the opposite of Arches. Where Arches formations stick up like the fingertips and spines (and other parts) of giants, in Canyonlands
A Landscape of Up
Located just north of Moab, Arches National Park is a landscape of up. Look up at the lumpy stone towers plopped here and there, grouped
Minimizing Overhead
On our guided geology walk at Black Canyon National Park, Ranger Paul talked about the “overhead” of life, the things we need to do in