Apr 28th, 2013 at 5:00PM:
Utah is one of my favorite escapes. There's something about sitting on a slab of redrock and watching a black sky dotted with stars. You're in the middle of nowhere, alone, surrounded by silence, overpowered by the feeling of grandiose canyons.
Flickr user djurma captures exactly that in this nighttime photo of Delicate Arch in Arches National Park. You can feel that stillness just by ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Of The Day: The Milky Way In Arches National Park
Apr 28th, 2013 at 5:00PM:
Utah is one of my favorite escapes. There's something about sitting on a slab of redrock and watching a black sky dotted with stars. You're in the middle of nowhere, alone, surrounded by silence, overpowered by the feeling of grandiose canyons.
Flickr user djurma captures exactly that in this nighttime photo of Delicate Arch in Arches National Park. You can feel that stillness just by ...Video: Winter Time-Lapse Of America's Southwest
Jan 19th, 2013 at 8:00AM: If you've been reading Dave Seminara's posts this week on winter hiking in Arches and Canyonlands National Park you probably already have some sense of just how spectacular this region of the U.S. actually is. But just in case you need a reminder, this beautiful time-lapse video from the American southwest will certainly do the trick. In addition to being filmed in the parks mentioned above, this ...
Hiking Arches National Park In Winter With A Pair Of Worn Out Sneakers
Jan 18th, 2013 at 10:00AM: How did I end up on the ass end of the famous Delicate Arch rock formation at Arches National Park in Utah? That's the question I asked myself one afternoon last week as I was standing on the slippery base of the arch in completely inappropriate sneakers, looking down at the steep drop into the canyon below. (see video below)
At Arches, you can't miss the Delicate Arch, a huge rock formation ...Where To Sleep During A Long-Haul Road Trip: Putting A Price On Your Safety
Aug 14th, 2012 at 11:00AM: As you may have gathered from my last few posts, I spent the second half of July and first week of August living out of my car during a relocation from Seattle to Boulder. En route, I had a family vacation on the Klamath River in Northern California, and business trips to the Bay Area and North Carolina, which is why I was in limbo.
I've road-tripped and relocated across the West many times, ...Arches National Park hosts one millionth vistor
Nov 27th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Arches National Park reached a milestone last Saturday when Victoria Carlson of Santa Fe, New Mexico arrived at the entrance. Ms. Carlson found herself greeted with unusual fanfare by the park rangers at the gate, who were eager to welcome their one millionth visitor.
Located in eastern Utah, Arches National Park is home to more than 2000 natural sandstone archways, including the most famous of ...Climbing management plan in the works for Arches National Park
Jul 19th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Arches National Park, located in eastern Utah, not far from Moab, is a very popular destination for climbers and hikers who come to explore the unusual rock formations and deep canyons. The park is famous for its more than 2000 natural rock arches carved out of the sandstone by millions of years of weathering and erosion.
The most famous of those formations is Delicate Arch, a 52 foot tall ...17 of the world's strangest natural wonders
Apr 9th, 2010 at 2:30PM:
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Nature has the power to amaze. From towering mountains to vast grasslands and immense oceans, there's a world of natural wonder out there waiting to explore. But sometimes the outdoor world isn't just amazing - it's also downright weird. Mysterious sliding rocks, bizarre ...Great American Road Trip 2009: The fly and drive combo New Mexico to Montana and back
Jul 8th, 2009 at 10:00AM: For the past seven summers, ever since we moved back from India, we've embarked on a Great American Road Trip. The first was the mega version that put 10,000 miles on a new Ford Taurus station wagon in three months. Mind you, this was in 2003 with a 10 year-old and a 1 ½ year old-and without video games, computers or a DVD player.
This year's version is a fly drive combo. Three months for ...Photo of the Day (7-1-09)
Jul 1st, 2009 at 4:00PM:
On a Great American road trip, one place to head is Arches National Park in Utah. That's where we're heading from Albuquerque, New Mexico today. This shot by weegolo reminds me of how the sky and land interact in the west. Here it looks as if both are moving, and perhaps over the horizon one might reach the end of the world.
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