Ah, I've been to Canyonlands NP. My partner and I did a day walk there and it was really incredible - I've been poring over maps trying to remember which trail we did but I just can't remember now. It's about ten years ago. Thanks Ronald - I enjoyed reliving it a bit via your post. Such a stunning and unusual landscape.
What an adventure! You’re all very brave. I was in Utah a few months ago and visited the scenic Bryce Canyon. Did the tourist trail though, nice and easy. Fabulous. Nothing like it here in England! Thanks for this entertaining essay.
Terrifying and beautiful! Glad you are all back safe.
You’ve covered another one of my favorite places :) I did a lot of field work here as an undergrad, mostly in the Needles district
Lucky you! Plant life almost as striking as the rock formations. We also came across a fossil shark fin.
Yes, desert plants are the coolest. I specialized a bit in Ephedra viridis. Fossil shark fin is quite a find!
Ah, I've been to Canyonlands NP. My partner and I did a day walk there and it was really incredible - I've been poring over maps trying to remember which trail we did but I just can't remember now. It's about ten years ago. Thanks Ronald - I enjoyed reliving it a bit via your post. Such a stunning and unusual landscape.
Perhaps slightly less strange if you're from Australia! Thanks for your very moving account of the Black Summer wildfires btw https://open.substack.com/pub/virginiawoolfreadinggroup/p/on-losing-everything?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1fe93o
Thanks Ronald. Thanks for sharing my post!
What an adventure! You’re all very brave. I was in Utah a few months ago and visited the scenic Bryce Canyon. Did the tourist trail though, nice and easy. Fabulous. Nothing like it here in England! Thanks for this entertaining essay.
That line of beauty - we should have guessed. Nothing cosmic about it!
Slightly wiggly and snakelike but not too much ... who'da thought it was so simple?