Torrey, Utah- the gateway to Capitol Reef National Park.
Read more →When the Latter-Day Saints settled in this valley in southern central Utah, the nearby Fremont River provided irrigation for one of their first agricultural ventures- fruit trees. This field is a living remnant of those orchards around the once small community of Fruita, which was established in the 1880’s.
Read more →Enter Zion and take the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive north to its end at the Temple of Sinawava lot, and then can take the Riverside Walk towards the Gateway to the Narrows.
Read more →About halfway between Kanab and Mt. Carmel Junction, Utah- and the mouth of Zion Canyon to its west- is a turnoff south for Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. From this drive, the view northwest features the elevated sandstone formations that comprise the region around Zion National Park.
Read more →I thought I would take some time tonight to figure out roughly how many miles I put on the truck with this trip. I wanted to do this in part because I am nearing the 200,000 mile mark with my truck (I’m about 600 miles short), and I wanted to see about where I...
Read more →For Christmas this year, my family generously pooled funds and bought me a ticket to attend the Outsiders Photography Conference that would be held March 4th through 6th in Kanab, Utah. Time marched forward, and prior to the conference weekend, I put a request in at work to take off some extra days around...
Read more →Last weekend I joined my parents on a short trip they had both been looking forward to taking for some time. Before COVID-19 hit, they were planning to return to Monument Valley for a stay- and then the world shut down for a year and some. In recent weeks, the Navajo Nation and its...
Read more →I appreciated getting to spend the last day or so with my sister and her family. After roading up to Monument Valley in Utah on Friday for a Saturday explore, I left from the park around 12 or so and trekked east, through Shiprock, Farmington, Chama, and Tres Piedras to land in Red River...
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