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 […]
Category Archives: Arizona
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 […]
Off the Beaten Path
In this day of the internet and bucket lists is there any place left in the world that can be described as ‘Off the Beaten Path’? Certainly back in the […]
