Well, well, well, look who’s here. I haven't seen you in many a year. If I knew you were comin’ I’d ’ve baked a cake, baked a cake, ba...

Storm’s a-brewin’ There had been attempts at rain the past week, with some brief successes. The long range forecasts for the region promised...

The trail to Wild Horse Window — a pair of caves with a hole in one roof — starts with a clear, well used path down into a wash and out agai...

I know better than to try certain things. But the crucial part is to actually think about those things for at least a few seconds before hea...

This is not an ancient ruin, but it will be in a few centuries. Should I leave something in it to facilitate dating? A coin, maybe?

I griped a little that my camping neighbors, though well behaved, were a little closer than I liked. So when I finished yesterday’s hike I l...

Capitol Reef National Park has many popular and well-promoted trails. But this being one of the peak seasons I considered taking a less know...

I just noticed I've published 3,720 blog posts. That's an average of 338 posts a year for the eleven years I've been doing this....

If you’re a fairly normal person (which I pretend to be) then spring and autumn are the best times to visit the desert. It’s neither too hot...

It felt like time to move on from Bryce Canyon. No particular reason other than my impulse to keep moving. But first a shower at the park’s ...

Yesterday a friend posted about a smoothie he makes. One of the ingredients was maple syrup. Naturally, maple syrup made me think of pancake...

If you think, “Hey, let’s get up while it’s still dark so we can be at the rim of Bryce Canyon for sunrise,” know that you’re not the only o...