Growing up, I was called a tomboy. That was back when such a phrase didn’t elicit PC eyerolls. It was also a time when kids
Tag: National Parks
Diamond Dust
To say that Yosemite National Park is beautiful would be an understatement. Like an overdone backdrop in a classic Hollywood epic, the sweeping spectacle of
Planning Ahead
Just as in the above picture, taken on our approach to Moab six months ago, the road ahead is always hidden. Which isn’t always the
They Took All the Trees, and Put ‘Em In a Tree Museum
What do you do with the world’s biggest tree? If you’re the National Park System, you put it in a tree museum, of course. Though,
Joshua Trees Are Odd, but That’s not Enough
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
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