“Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.” – John Muir

“Go anyway. The unknown is where everything worth finding lives.” ~ Anonymous The Gems route in the Grand Canyon follows the South Bass, Tonto, and Boucher trails. It's not especially…

There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it. —Charlotte Eriksson In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.…

"We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls…

"We are ever on the threshold of new journeys and new discoveries." Joseph B. Wirthlin It's that time of year. Winter is beginning to fade, though it's pretty slow here…

“You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it you have to…







