Tag Archives: Utah
Why I Love the West: Deserts (and Giveaway!)
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by Writer.
I was listening to this podcast the other day while road tripping through the desert and found myself both saddened and furious. In Stuff You Should Know’s Will the moon save humanity?, Josh and Chuck are pondering the end of the world and discussing projects that may save humanity. In the intro they discuss projects [...]
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Running with Buffalo: Reflections on My First Ultra
Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by Writer.
So I finished the big race and knocked off numero dos on the life list. I did it and surprised the hell out of myself. I don’t think I have ever been so proud of myself. Not just because I finished the race but also because I finished the race smiling.
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Why I Love the West: Dirt Roads
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Writer.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. ~Edward Abbey
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The Great Salt Lake: A Stink Pot (but pretty) Lake
Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by Writer.
One of the first places I wanted to visit after ending up in Salt Lake City (for reasons still unbeknownst to me) was the Great Salt Lake. Obviously I knew that the lake was salty but I had imagined it as this big recreation area with beaches and lots of people floating about – a [...]
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Buckhorn Wash in the San Rafael Swell
Posted on 04. Dec, 2009 by Writer.
I have only just started to explore the San Rafael Swell and am totally overwhelmed with its beauty and potential for exploration. The Swell, as it is affectionately called, is a huge maze of winding canyons, sandstone cliffs, and expansive panoramas located in a remote section of central Utah. For years I kept hearing about [...]
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An Unexpected Trip Home
Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Writer.
The world speaks in such mysterious ways sometimes…. I had just finished a post whining about my lack of desire to return to Salt Lake City in the coming weeks and then the next morning boarded a plane to St. Louis to visit my bestest friend in the world. Plane then gets delayed in Colorado [...]
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And Yet Another Desert Weekend
Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by Writer.
I am obsessed, thoroughly desert obsessed. With all the money I have spent traveling nearly every weekend to the remarkably beautiful Utah desert I could have surely by now saved up for a year abroad. My travel lust list is so long it almost stresses me out – so much that I have to add [...]
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The West’s Most Precious Vagabond – Everett Reuss Lost Again
Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by Writer.
One of the West’s biggest mysteries has become a mystery again. At the age of 20, Everett Reuss went into the Utah desert near Escalante with two burros and was never seen again. The mystery of Reuss took on legendary proportions. Some thought Reuss was murdered or that he stepped off a precipitous cliff in the Escalante or that he drowned in the mighty Colorado.
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Running (and Dancing) with Goblins
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Writer.
Just got back from a weekend trip to Goblin Valley in Southern Utah. Goblin Valley is near the San Rafael Swell, a crazy geological feature located in south-central Utah. The Swell is a huge upfolding of sandstone and shale that supposedly has similar features to Mars. The greatest things about the Swell is that over [...]
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