Sunday, June 13, 2010

God's Country - Federal Lands?

On a trip through southwest Utah in late April, met this guy from West Virginia who acknowledged that even though Appalachia is beautiful, this part of Utah with Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Capitol Reef National Park and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, is "God's Country". I agree with him. You are hard pressed to describe the place - majestic, breathtaking, remote wilderness, monumental... barely begin to describe the landscape of mountains, mesas, and canyons (including the world's longest slot canyon)!! And atop and across the landscape is the varied flora and fauna in stunning colors and shapes.

1 comment:

Dr Padamjeet Gulia said...

Quite,breathtaking;the ZION national park,in fact i saw exactly the same trail on a series they have on Discovery channel"Man vs Wild" where-in this character,an ex-british special forces guy shows you how to survive in remote-wild places,by living of the land.In the Zion one he ate a snake.
Anyways i too keep a blog(more for patients);"thepaediatrician.blogspot.com".I try to keep a little ahead of the times.