One Day in America: Arches and Canyonlands in the Snow

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Saturday, December 23, 2017

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas....in the Utah Desert?

While northern Utah's mountains—known for "The Greatest Snow on Earth"—await their first major snowfall, a winter solstice storm blanketed Arches and Canyonlands National Parks with 6-8 inches of the fluffy white stuff.

Enjoy these red-rock snowscapes. Wishing you a white Christmas—if only in your dreams.

Balanced Rock, Arches National Park

Turret Arch, Arches National Park

North Window Arch, Arches National Park

Canyonlands National Park, Island in the Sky District

Where Will You Go Today?

My parents loved to travel and every summer our family explored a state or region within a day’s drive of our home in Pennsylvania. I credit my parents with planting those first seeds of yearning, of wanting to explore and to learn about the world beyond my doorstep. My Dad had only one week’s vacation and so we never ventured beyond the Mississippi. Finally, the summer after my first year of graduate school, my dream of touring the west came true. With a roommate, an old car and a cheap orange tent I traveled the country from Pennsylvania to California and from that first cross-country trip I’ve been hooked on the joy of discovery.

Come along with me on this journey. We’ll travel from national parks to national historic sites, from primitive campgrounds to luxury B&B’s, from fields and streams to cities and towns. I’ll share both descriptions of and opinions about the places we’ll go. You’ll have a chance to learn of a new hidden treasure or to re-visit cherished locales. I welcome your comments.

Where will you go today? The world is waiting......

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Saturday, December 23, 2017

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas....in the Utah Desert?