I’d like to tell you that I just returned from a totally off-the-grid vacation. Somehow, I feel more adventurous when I say that to you. I’d like to tell you that, but it wouldn’t exactly be true. Since the phrase off the grid is not yet universally understood, however, you’d probably grant me some wiggle [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bryce Canyon’
Could Save-the-Environment Messages Use a Little Selfishness?
As someone who loves wild, natural places, you’ve heard plenty of dire environmental alerts and communications. There are more tigers in people’s backyards than there are tigers in the wild. Rhinos are being poached to the point of extinction. The last Galápagos giant tortoise from Pinta Island has passed away. Plant species are disappearing at [...]
Starry Nights in Danger at Bryce Canyon National Park
America’s national parks give us the rare opportunity to see a star-filled night sky — a window on nature that most of us who live anywhere near a town or developed area have probably never truly witnessed. But even in the wilds of our national parks the experience can sometimes elude us, if the night [...]
Blaming Animals for Our Bad Behavior
There are many Native American stories regarding the stunning red, orange, and white hoodoos in Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park. The Paiute Indians call the park Unka-timpe-wa-wince-pockich — which means “red rocks standing like men in a bowl-shaped canyon.” According to one of their myths, a group of people once moved into the area and [...]
Jon Krakauer and Me
The “Recommended Packing List” in my Pre-Departure Briefing booklet for the Canyons & Beyond trip suggested I bring the usual gear: everything from a wool sweater and polypropylene long underwear to a pair of shorts and Teva-style sandals. There’s a long-standing joke among my multiple-tripped-NatHab-traveler friends that the packing list for every tour is the [...]
