Monthly Archives: July 2024

Paria Canyon 40 miles from White House Trailhead to the canyon’s mouth at Lees Ferry  Buckskin Gulch Coyote Buttes The Wave Upper Wave Coyote Buttes South  White Pocket Yellow Rock The Grey Ghost, Wahweap Hoodoos

The Anasazi arrived in about 1000 AD and built these dwellings under overhangs. Tree ring analysis of logs from ruins indicates a terrible drought from 1276 to 1299. By 1300, all the canyons were empty. They migrated south via Chaco … Continue reading →

Wyoming YELLOWSTONE NP Devil’s Tower rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River. It is the world’s largest example of columnar jointing. Square Top, Wind River Range, Wyoming (11,695′, 3565m) is the most recognizable and photographed peak in … Continue reading →

Colorado Plateau. This area is the uplift through which the Colorado River flows. It covers the SW corner of Colorado, NW New Mexico, South Utah and North Arizona. 300 canyons enter the Colorado River giving an almost endless variety of … Continue reading →

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has three components. 1. ESCALENTE CANYONS. The most popular area of the monument, follows the last discovered river in the continental US from its origin. Calf Creek Falls House Rock Valley Road Metate Arch, Devils Garden … Continue reading →

Tassili N’Ajjer is in the far seatheast where Algeria borders Libya and fuses with the Sahara. It is one of the most spectacular landscapes on earth – orange sand dunes, rugged canyons, arches, rock formations. It may also have the … Continue reading →

A 6-hour bus ride south through hilly terrain covered in thorn trees and cacti (a cross between saguaro and organ pipe) brought me to Tupiza (pop 23,000, elevation 3200 m) in the southwest corner of Bolivia. It is about 40 … Continue reading →