by Don McGowan | Sep 26, 2020 | September 2020
Some time ago I used an Image from this series to tell the story of a wonderful old Utah juniper tree Bonnie and I found in Arches National Park as we were about to be inundated by an intense thunderstorm moving over Arches from the west. In the first Image, even...
by Don McGowan | Sep 19, 2020 | September 2020
The cooler weather made me do it. I said I was going to wait a while longer before posting an Image about fall color, but the weather turned a bit cooler on Saturday and I couldn’t help myself: it was time. Besides, we need something to draw our attention, if...
by Don McGowan | Sep 12, 2020 | September 2020
The geology east of Capitol Reef National Park is an amazing conglomerate of features. One of the more interesting of these is an elongated valley sandwiched between the uplifts of the Henry Mountains and the Waterpocket Fold and running parallel to the rock layers of...
by Don McGowan | Sep 5, 2020 | September 2020
The claret cup (Echinocereus triglochindiatus) is a small member of the hedge hog cactus family native to a wide area of the Southwest. The Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, a wonderful piece of nature just north of the town of Escalante, is a perfect habitat for...
by Don McGowan | Aug 29, 2020 | August 2020
When we began visiting Capitol Reef National Park early in the second decade of the current century, I was amazed that it had taken us so long to discover the magic of this awesome place. We had previously played along Notom Road and the Burr Trail; and our...
