Trip Report: White Rim Road, First Run of the New Season
We got lucky this time. Watching the weather reports, it was clear that the four day weekend we had ahead of us was going to nice and warm. President’s Day, it seems, would be spent in Utah. After mulling over our options, I came to startling realization that there was no one scheduled to be out …
Photo Essay: Winter Solstice in the Needles
Short days. You can love em or hate em. Winter is upon us and the longest of nights settles in over North America. Kim and I try at minimum one ‘freeze your ass off’ trip to SE Utah during the coldest months. Why? Simple: No one is there.
Destinations: Cedar Mesa
Those who love the archaeology of the Southwest know this place well. Deep within it’s hidden canyons are many secrets and stunning discoveries. This land, not a National Park or a Monument, is still one of the remaining jewels of the Greater Canyonlands area. I first fell in love with Cedar Mesa when I was …
Destinations: Terra Incognita
Very few places elicit such dangerous and simultaneously romantic prose. Even fewer places are carved in a fashion only a genius sculpture of bad character could imagine. And only one spot on Earth could contain a Garden of Eden, searing heat, torrential downpours, axle-busting roads, philistine rock formations, exotic skies, and a topography drunk on …