Monthly Archives: June 2017

So, how did the canyon come to be?  Let’s return briefly to that figure of 70 million years ago. It was about this time that the North American Plate started to override the Pacific Plate and the Rocky Mountains began …

Those of you who have read previous trip journals might recall that sections in blue are a digression and not necessarily directly related to my recounting of my travel. Most of this post is precisely that so feel free to …

I’m going to start with this disclaimer: I will likely never know the full grandeur of the Grand Canyon. During my day and a half visit, I walked much of the 13-mile South Rim Trail and a short segment of …

The only sign of Montezuma is the sign. As I continued my northward drive toward the Grand Canyon, my next stop would be Montezuma Castle National Monument. There’s an old joke that I first saw on a Benny Hill show …

First ruins of the day – the Big House. Not too far north of Picacho Peak you can find the mysterious Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. In fact, one sentence in the brochure distributed by the National Park Service describes …