

Approach Your Bucket List With An Open Mind; You'll Be Surprised What You Find
Travelers will argue long and hard about the merits and degrees of exploration, but it all comes down to two different approaches: 1 You...


This Land Is Your Land: The Foreign Concept of the Bureau of Land Management
SPRINGDALE, UTAH- To a native New Yorker such as myself, the lyrics of Woody Guthrie's iconic folk song "This Land Is Your Land" hardly...


The Hike to Delicate Arch: A Distinctly American Experience
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, UTAH- As far as National Parks go, Arches is one of the most accessible for those unable or unwilling to engage...


A Smattering of Thoughts Upon Visiting Dinosaur National Monument
VERNAL, UTAH—Drive around the Great American West for long enough, and you’re bound to see a hand painted sign advertising dinosaur...


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...