Position: 42°49’36″N 118°54’51″W Thirty-five years ago, Nevada’s section of US Route 50 was deemed by Life Magazine as the “loneliest road in America”. Life’s editors clearly never travelled route 140/205, from Winnemucca, NV, to Frenchglen, OR. Woodsmoke from the raging …
Position: 39°52’59″N 115°18’42″W The corner of Nevada where it meets Utah and Idaho is mostly unpopulated. Here, the ruggedly beautiful mountains lie north to south and stretch along a half dozen wide, empty valleys, all arid high desert with sagebrush …
Position: 37°15’32″N 112°57’01″W Carol had waxed lyrical about Zion, but the entire area was new to me. It didn’t take long to understand why it’s so busy. As soon as we passed the east entrance the road dipped and turned …
Position: 37°01’45″N 112°30’24″W Crossing Utah’s southern border with Arizona west of Lake Powell soon brings you to to the resort town of Kanab. Surrounded by spectacular, craggy windblown cliffs in layers of tan and red, the town is instantly recognizable …
Position: 32°46’53″N 106°10’23″W By midday the heat bouncing off the brilliant gypsum crystals at White Sands National Park will sear your eyeballs and fry your skin. Squint hard enough and you can barely make out the dunes and swales that …
How do we decide where to go when we’re out exploring? This perfectly practical question was posed to us after a two-hour recounting of our adventures with Carol’s dad’s neighbours. They listened attentively as we waded through four years of …
Position: 37°37’04″N 112°09’36″W Carol’s last visit to Bryce Canyon was 30 (plus) years ago. This was my first. Bryce is one of those scenic gems that makes photography easy. Like Venice, it’s hard to take a bad photo here. Everything …
The cool Wallowa Mountains with its grasslands and sparse lodgepole pines are the final transition from the fertile plateau that is Oregon east of the Cascades. The long, gentle run out takes you past the dusty town of Baker and …
Position: 37°17’30″N 107°52’32″W For those desirous of such things, with adequate planning it is now possible to discover the western United States on 50mg of THC per day. Almost legally. Allow me to elaborate. The Wild Wild West Making our …
