By Dustin Heron Urban
Last August, a day before I set out on my first trip down the Grand Canyon, I stood on the Glen Canyon Dam Bridge, peering through the diamond lattice created by a chain-link fence which some government official determined years ago was needed. Perhaps he realized that some of my generation would [...]
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The River That Would Not Be Dammed
Posted in Quests in the West, Reflections and Musings on May 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Visiting an Ancient Family
Posted in Quests in the West on March 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
3/4/08
Andrew, Katie and I hiked to ruins today. Rock-hopping through the Crypto (click here for more info about cryptobiotic soil crust), we made our way to the foot of a grainery and cliff dwelling built by people of either the Anasazi or Fremont cultures (archaeologists aren’t clear which). Steps, foot pockets, carved by these ancient [...]
