Touring Death Valley in California
“Travel prepared to survive,” the National Park Service gives as advice on travelling through Death Valley. The name of Death Valley is a clue; it starts with the word ‘Death’. […]
Category Archives: American Southwest
Opuntia, the Prickly Pear Cactus, with Edible Paddles and Fruit
The Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia), with its distinctive oval paddles dotted with spines, flowers and fruits, prefers the arid lands of Las Americas. A wild Prickly Pear cactus growing on […]
Arizona, the Again and Again State: You Can’t Just Visit It Once!
I’ve been to Arizona three times and each trip has been totally different. And I’ve had friends go to Arizona, and they have been to totally different places than me […]
The Red Rocks of the American Southwest
The Spanish word color often signifies the colour red. Colorado (coloured) is the a description (and name) of a place with a lot of red-coloured rocks. We were flying to […]
The Desert Landscapes of the Southern US & Mexico
I was very privileged last year to have clear skies as we flew over extraordinary desert landscapes on our way to Mexico City. Wind-blown snow over the sand and rocks of […]
Lake Powell and Horseshoe Bend
September 29. Hiking back from ‘The Wave’ in the heat of the day was exhausting. My legs and my feet cramped up from salt cramps when I tried to get […]
‘Don’t Die Out There’, Surviving a Hike into the Wave
September 29. The ‘Wave’ is such a popular hiking destination that only 10 permits are given out per day online, and another 10 in a lottery at the Paria Ranger Station […]
Down to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for Sunset
September 28. Today we popped down to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona for sunset. The land formations as identified from the viewing platform.There is a lodge […]
Winning the Lottery Plus a Hike into Buckskin Gulch
After spending the night in Page, Arizona we headed out BLM in Utah for the ‘Lottery’. September 28. We made it to the Paria Ranger Station in Utah by 8:20, excited […]
The Old West Comes Alive at Monument Valley
September 27. Almost there! Monument Valley is flat sandy desert filled with sandstone buttes and pinnacles, located within the Navajo Indian Reservation straddling the border lands of Arizona and Utah in […]
