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No voodoo in a hoodoo. What I’m about to write concerns the composition of the rocks you see when you look at the hoodoos in Bryce. First, you have to know a little about the Claron Formation. The Claron Formation is …

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It was past noon when we finished our tour of Monument Valley. Or, I should say, I was reasonably certain that the time on my cell phone showing it as past noon was correct since both the Navajo Nation and …

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European-Americans push west. As Anglo-America continued expanding westward fulfilling its so-called manifest destiny, increasing clashes and skirmishes with the native population became inevitable. In a previous entry, I mentioned (and posted a video) of the notorious “Long Walk” that displaced …