Zion National Park Gallery
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Zion National Park
5/9–5/16/21 Just want to see the pretty pictures? Click here. Smithsonian Butte On Sunday I arrived at my BLM spot for the week: a tucked-away place, five miles down a bumpy dirt road, in the shadow of Smithsonian Butte. After some searching around, I found a good campsite, and was immediately awe-struck by the…
Bryce Canyon National Park Gallery
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Bryce Canyon National Park
5/2–5/8/21 Just want to see the pretty pictures? Click here. Factory Butte & Capitol Reef National Park I decided to take a slightly more scenic route than Google’s choice from Moab to Bryce Canyon, stopping briefly at Factory Butte and driving through Capitol Reef National Park. Factory Butte is just a 6,302’ plat-topped peak…
Arches & Canyonlands National Parks Gallery
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Arches & Canyonlands National Parks
4/25–5/2/21 Are you like millions of Americans who suffer from a hatred of reading? If so, click here to just see the pretty pictures. Arrival At last I arrived in Thompson Springs, Utah, on Sunday, April 25. I had booked a room at the Desert Moon Hotel & RV Park for a couple nights…
A Dream Deferred
By late summer of 2019, I was feeling increasingly discontent with my work, life, and the imbalance between them. I had been working as a blacksmith/fabricator in Illinois, typically putting in 50+ hours per week at the shop, plus another 10+ hours per week working on my own projects (creative development, you could say)….