Lone Goblin
I’ve spent much of today researching more and more of Utah’s deserts, crags and ancient inhabitants. I just finished reading Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire, a great read for the anxious desert rat that I am, tied down in a Montana winter. I decided to revisit, yet again, my archives of UT images to [...]
Getting Close
I’m coming to the end of my Utah images. I think this weekend will see my last desert post until I go back for another visit, hopefully in the next few months. I was supposed to be there right now, actually, but things fell through at the last moment. I suppose the [...]
It gets in your eye.
The big scenes of UT just keep coming…and a few smaller scenes too. These are from my most recent trip to UT, in May of this year. It’s quite a nice, pleasant time to visit the state. My other trips were filled with adventure and drama, so I could have actually been [...]
Last Grasp
The last reaches of light in a steep canyon find their way past this tree. From my last day of my last trip…but not the last UT image that I’ll post. I foresee another week of digging through the archives.
Hardscrabble Pano
One of the great traverses in Canyonlands NP is called Hardscrabble. There are some comforting little campsites at its base, where you experience either an evening of over-assuredness the night before or relief the night after…depending on which direction you’re heading. This is the approach to Hardscrabble from the northeast, across a long bottom. You’re [...]
Windy Dance
This bush was a beautiful thing to see, dancing in the breeze. Wherever there’s water in the desert there’s happiness, shade and a photo to be had.
ABC’s in Color
I belong to the topic-based photography site Vazaar.com. One of my recent posts received a nice reply from someone asking why the image below was not in color. As I had posted the same image in black and white here on my blog, I decided to re-post it in color so those interested could see [...]