Today, we hear more and more about the effects of “climate change”. Scientists tell us there is little doubt that human activities are having a major impact on the atmosphere and ecosystems or our planet. Glaciers and snow packs are melting, stream and lake temperatures are going up, coastal erosion is increasing, and changes in […]
Read MoreAuthor Archives
Capitol Reef National Park
Brigham Young sent settlers out to the remote corners of Utah and said, “…make gardens, orchards, and vineyards, and render the earth so pleasant when you look upon your labors you may do so with pleasure and that angels may delight to come to visit your beautiful locations.” The delightful oasis formed by the orchards […]
Read MoreCanyonlands National Park
Canyonlands National Park preserves a wilderness of rock at the heart of the Colorado Plateau. Water and gravity have been the prime architects of this land, cutting flat layers of sedimentary rock into hundreds of canyons, mesas, arches, and spires. At center stage are two canyons carved by the Green and Colorado rivers. Surrounding the […]
Read MoreBryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon National park sits atop the Grand Staircase, a geologic stairway of rock that extends from the Pre-Cambrian rock of the Grand Canyon, through the Triassic/Jurassic layers of Zion, to the young Quaternary throne of Bryce Canyon. The Claron limestone erodes in such a way as to resemble the crowns of royalty. The meaning […]
Read MoreGrand Canyon
Nowhere on this planet are the scope of geologic time and the power of geologic processes as superbly and beautifully exposed as in the Grand Canyon walls. Grand Canyon is one of the Earths most powerful, inspiring landscapes that overwhelm our senses. The canyon walls reach about 5,000 feet below the rim to the river. […]
Read MoreSequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
A land of big trees, deep canyons, tall peaks and flowing rivers… Sequoia National Park has the largest trees in the world and Kings Canyon is one of the deepest canyons of its kind in North America. Mount Whitney, on the eastern border of Sequoia, is the highest peak in the continental United States. The […]
Read MoreYosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park located in Central California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, encompasses an incredible 1,170- square miles of breathtaking splendor. The park is one of the first wilderness parks in the Unites States. Home to grand waterfalls, deep valleys, meadows, half dome, some of the best rock climbing in the world and so much more! […]
Read MoreRedwood National Park
“These great trees belong to silences and millennia. They seem indeed to be forms of immortality standing here among the transitory shapes of time.” Edwin Markham, The Last Redwoods It is estimated that old-growth redwood forest once covered close to 2,000,000 acres of coastal northern CA. 96% of all old growth redwoods have been logged, […]
Read MoreOlympic National Park: The Hoh Rainforest
Located on the internationally recognized world Heritage Site of the Olympic Peninsula, the Hoh Rain forest preserves a refuge of old growth trees. We chose to explore the Hall of Mosses trail through the forest. It allowed for close up views of the ancient, moss-laden trees rising from a thick carpeting of ferns. While walking […]
Read MoreOlympic National Park: Shi Shi Beach
On our way to Shi Shi beach in Washington we stopped at one of the most beautiful and memorable Recreation Areas I have ever been to., Salt Creek Recreation Area in Port Angeles. Salt Creek is home to some of the most exceptional tide pools in the Northeast. Unfortunately Ash and I missed low tide […]
Read More