I have to admit that most of my Texas adventures have been south of the state’s panhandle. However, one park that I’ve enjoyed more than once was Palo Duro Canyon State Park, located only 30 miles from Amarillo near I-27. Known as “The Grand Canyon of Texas” (although they don’t have much in common in [...]
I love hiking. It’s great to get out and stretch your legs, and it’s so rewarding to see a beautiful vista or interesting sight at the end of the trail. However, there are times when it’s nice not to hike, as well. To be able to just walk on the trail or off the trail [...]
I’ve always wondered why you’d want to go to Devil’s Tower National Monument. After all, the best views are from a ways away from the tower—like, outside the park—right? You could just drive along the highway and get a great view. Well, I suppose you could, but that doesn’t allow you to take pictures or [...]
don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like the Flattops Wilderness in northern Colorado. Ever. This pristine wilderness has some of the most grand views I’ve seen, and the top-of-the-world feeling is simply out of this world. I can try to compare it to “Christina’s World” (the painting by Andrew Wyeth), but that’s only part [...]
One of the best volcanic parks in the country has got to be Craters of the Moon National Monument in central Idaho. Fields of all kinds of hardened lava stretch in all directions, with just enough craters to give the park its name. Not the least of the attractions at this park are the lava [...]
In Southern Utah there is a fin—or a butte—or a mesa—whatever you want to call it—that sticks up almost out of nowhere just north of the Lake Powell Dam. We visited the fin while searching for Skylight Arch, which I had read about on internet sites. We never did hike to the arch (my directions [...]
In a previous post, I talked about Bisti National Wilderness, where you can wander for miles without any trails to keep you from experiencing the formations. However, after my most recent jaunt across the Wilderness, I realized that there is far more to Bisti than I thought when I wrote that post. So, in this [...]
I’ve hiked in Bryce Canyon several times, but on our last visit, it had been several years since we’d visited. I’m not sure if it was because we thought we’d done everything Bryce has to offer (far from it—there are still things we’re looking forward to doing for the first time), or if it was [...]
I first heard about Pathway through the Bible while reading a book about out-of-the-way things to do in Montana. Since much of Montana is a bit “out-of-the-way”, there were an amazing number of attractions in the book. However, the only one that really caught my attention was “Pathway through the Bible”. Adolph Land started building [...]
Have you ever seen a moqui marble? Most people have never even heard of these phenomena, let alone seen them. Yet they are a fascinating piece of geology, and they are just cool to look at. Even if you’re not real into rocks, the views from the area of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument where moqui [...]
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