Written on February 18, 2011
“I’d had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.” ~Terri Windling, artist Red wave over Anza Borrego State Park Anza Borrego Desert State Park is yet another massive preserve of the wild Sonoran...
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Written on February 17, 2011
“Westernmost spot in contiguous America” Last sunset in America, Cape Alava Washington It only makes sense that after posting about America’s first sunset that I should inform you about its last! Cape Alava is the westernmost spot of mainland in the contiguous United States. The sunset here is gorgeous as it sets upon the Olympic....
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Written on February 13, 2011
“We prop up the sun every day” ~Maine expression I once heard Sunrise West Quoddy Head Maine Watching the sunrise is a unique experience for a variety of reasons. There’s a brilliant color display and crescendo of light that finally brings warmth. I’ve seen many a glorious sunrise on many different horizons but none com...
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Written on February 11, 2011
“I grow very fond of this place, and it certainly has a desolate, grim beauty of its own, that has a curious fascination for me.” — Theodore Roosevelt, founder of the American National Parks System (originally written about North Dakota) Canyonlands National Park, Utah Tired of National Park traffic jams? Try these parks… ...
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Written on February 7, 2011
“We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things.” – John Wesley Powell, from “The Exploration of the Colorado River...
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