

An Afternoon Stroll Through the Grounds of Temple Square, Ground Zero of Mormondom
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH- Standing tall at the other end of an impressively manicured, electric-green grassy field sits the Salt Lake Temple,...


Traveling Along US-50, The Loneliest Road in America
US-50, NEVADA- Even though “somewhere around Barstow” is in the eastern part of California, the image conjured by Hunter S. Thompson’s...


Great Basin National Park: A Disappointing Visit, Understandably So
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK, NEVADA- Great Basin National Park is one of the least-visited National Parks in the U.S., and it’s easy to see...


A Lazy Ride Along the Pacific Coast Highway
SAN DIEGO to SAN FRANCISCO— U.S. Route-1, at times known as the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), is the famous route that runs up the Western...


Four Corners Monument: A Site Where Four States Meet, and Not Much Else Happens
FOUR CORNERS, ARIZONA/UTAH/COLORADO/NEW MEXICO- Driving south along US-191 out of Utah on my way to the Grand Canyon, I crossed the...


Thoughts From A Short Afternoon Driving Around a Polygamist Enclave
COLORADO CITY, ARIZONA—I really couldn’t help myself. I had to get out of the car and go into the Post Office. Sure, I was sitting in the...


Zion National Park: A Springtime Oasis in the Middle of a Desert
SPRINGDALE, UTAH—Most of Southern Utah is a dry, arid, desert landscape. You’ll drive down a road and you can see for miles in every...


A Few Thoughts on Visiting Arches National Park
MOAB, UTAH- Moab is a small desert community in eastern Utah with an alternative feel. It doesn’t fit the image of what I’d imagined Utah...


Desert Musings from Arches National Park
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, UTAH- When I think of a desert, I think of the Sahara: long rolling dunes of sand. No water in sight. No vegetation...


Dispatches from An Afternoon Spent Driving Across Northern Arizona
Unsurprisingly, driving across northern Arizona means barreling through a scorching desert. When you step out of the car it can be windy...