Pinnacle Balanced Rock looks like it could topple at any moment. Step gently, and hold that sneeze.
Fonts Point in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is one of those unexpected vistas that just stuns you the first time you see it.
My first out of state national park road trips was to Zion National Park with a rec group at ASU. One of my favorite trails that trip was Hidden Canyon, which provides a great view of Angels Landing.
When you catch the sunlight juuuust right…
When people want to hike in the desert even when it’s getting hot, I always recommend an overnight in Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness. It’s not everywhere that you can walk through a perennial stream at the same time you pass saguaros in the summer heat.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is under attack by this sham “review” of national monuments. Don’t let them strip this amazing area of its protections. #KeepItPublic #MonumentsForAll
The Kaibab Plateau is vastly underappreciated.
Sunset kayaking down the Lower Salt—not a bad way to spend the evening.
Aguereberry Point in Death Valley sure doesn’t disappoint.
Really wish I was back in Hawaii right now snorkeling with some sea turtles.
Treasures can be found just off the road. Here you’ll spot @SamtheSubie parked alongside the Apache Trail just outside of Phoenix. I had pulled over to investigate what seemed like an old mining operation in a small canyon and was pleasantly surprised with what I found after exploring the area a bit. The lesson: always take the time to explore and investigate.
Marble Canyon. The left cliff is BLM land, the right cliff is Navajoland. The inner gorge is Grand Canyon National Park, and an area originally protected as a National Monument under the Antiquities Act.
I’m sure you’ve heard of Trump’s executive order reviewing national monument designations from the last 21 years. If you heard his comments during the signing ceremony, you know that this is a sham “review” and the White House wants to remove protections from some of our most treasured and cherished #publiclands.
DON’T LET HIM.
Please, call Secretary Zinke, your Congressperson, and your Senators. Call today. Call again tomorrow. Call again next week. The way to fight this is to overwhelm them with public support. Do it for the places you love to recreate in. After all, an attack on our national monuments is an attack on all of our public lands.
In the West, seemingly random dirt roads often lead to amazing views.
“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.”
–John Lubbock
Bill Williams Mountain is one of those mountains you drive by on your way to someplace else. That’s a shame—there are some really lovely views up here.
I had passed the dirt road to this lovely little Sonoran Desert vista for years and years. so glad I finally turned left and followed it for a few hours.
Mojave National Preserve doesn’t seem like the place you’d find a lava river tube, but that’s exactly where this one is.
My favorite kayaking trip in Arizona is down the Colorado River beneath Hoover Dam to Arizona (Ringbolt) Hot Springs. Great overnight trip with scenic views and slot canyon hot springs.
Hello, Colorado. I miss you.
It doesn’t matter where the road goes—there will be adventure to be had. Embrace the exploration, no matter where it takes you.
