If you’re looking for one of the most prolific and best-preserved rock art sites I’ve ever seen in the southwestern US, look no further than the Nampaweap Rock Art Site in the Mt. Trumbull Wilderness (part of Grand Canyon-Parashant National…
The top 15 Pages on Anne’s Travels in 2018!
It’s the end of 2018 (where did the year go?) and we get to look back for a bit and see what the internet thought was the most interesting (or useful?) posts and pages on Anne’s Travels were over the…
Trusting God in the Wilderness
Another element of increasing our trust in God in the wilderness is the fact that there is so much outside of our control – the weather, the trail, wild animals, random hikers, and so on and so forth. There are…
Early Season Hiking on Bald Mountain
If you’re looking for one hike in the Uinta Mountains that will give you bang for buck, I’d highly recommend Bald Mountain. The scenery you drive through to get there is almost worth the visit, but once on the trail,…
Incredible Rock Formations in the Valley of Dreams
Last week, I posted about our trek to and through the Valley of Dreams East. As spectacular as it is, even more interesting (to me, at least!) was the Valley of Dreams. It’s only about 1.25 miles down the…
Nature Worshipers are Looking for God
Last week, I wrote of how we can meet with the same God in church or in the wilderness. The revelation may be a bit different, but it’s still the same Creator of the Universe. For centuries, the Christians have…
Visiting the Valley of Dreams East
I’ve loved the rock formations in the Bisti area ever since my first visit in 2003. Somehow the ability to explore without trails, to discover rock formations – the first person ever, maybe – with no signs telling you what…
Wilderness or Church?
I read a quote on Facebook the other day that went something like this: “I go walking in nature because there I feel what I never felt in church.” At first glance, I was tempted to be offended. How can…
New Territory Means New Muscles
We are very intricately made objects. Our bodies work beyond the understanding of even the most brilliant doctors of this world. They can explain things, but even after centuries of studies, they still don’t understand every function of the human…
He Fills the Hungry with Good Things
I’ve been posting quite a bit about how people view the desert as a poor place to be – a place of dryness and unfulfillment; of heat and drought and sorrow. It’s true that the Bible talks about the desert…