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NAVIGATING WITH HELP ON MY SHOULDER

October 22, 2023 by

W. C. Fields said he wouldn’t work with kids or animals. I’m no W. C. Fields and I work with kids and animals. People have stories of bad pet travel. Not me. Ruby has been a travel star. People see her and flip a switch. What switch?

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SCREEN LAND UNCOVERED IN MAP

October 21, 2023 by

When a map comes to life what happens? Wonder happens. Awe happens. Unreal happens. In Southern Utah it all happens around every corner.

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SUNRISE ARCHES FOR EARLY VIEWS

October 20, 2023 by

I asked someone who lives near Arches National Park their advice on what not to miss. After maps and visitors’ centers and miles gone before we sleep, I got an unexpected answer. “The most important thing about this part of the country is the sun. Try and see places like they were seen for ages, […]

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LEARNING EARTH PROCESSES = GEOLOGY?

October 19, 2023 by

I’ve been learning earth processes since my first rock fight: Sandstone with friends, gravel for the bad guys down on the corner.

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WORST SELFIE REGRET SO FAR

October 18, 2023 by

This roadside attraction is called Forrest Gump Hill. Why? Then it hit me. I pulled over after dodging people taking pictures in the middle of the road like this was a movie set not the fast road out of Monument Valley. I’d already been on the slow road.

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MONUMENT ROAD? HOLD TIGHT

October 17, 2023 by

Monument Road, or the road around Monument Valley, isn’t the worst road I’ve been on. But it is the longest bad road. How bad? Was it the bad road, or the bad driver? I was driving; then I wasn’t.

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SUNSET CRATER VOLCANO IS A VOLCANO?

October 16, 2023 by

 There is no doubt the Sunset Crater Volcano is a volcano, but . . . ? ? ? Some Eastie will drive up the Sunset Crater National Monument, see it and log it in as a volcano for the rest of their lives. They’ll tell all of their pals they’ve seen a real volcano, adding […]

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ROAD LETTER FROM FLAGSTAFF

October 15, 2023 by

  We hit Flagstaff in the dark looking for our road letter and motel. The road letter came at a fast food stop. It was the first fast food dinner of the trip.

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MORE LETTERS FROM THERE: AIRMAIL

October 14, 2023 by

  More letters come with the question: What do they want? In this blogger’s world the answer is nothing.

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AMERICAN LETTERS FROM THERE

October 13, 2023 by

  My American letters began sixty-eight years ago. But that wasn’t nearly old enough. So I pulled a college history degree, American History with an emphasis in NW History including seminars on the Origins of WWI, and post-WWII Germany. Was I intrigued, or just taking classes that fit my time frame? Both. And it still […]

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