Day 2 may be found here. If you’ve stayed with me this far, you probably already understand, but: What makes geology so fascinating for me? Isn’t it a little … extreme? It’s not just geology; I find almost everything interesting. I once saw a tee shirt at a nerd tee...Read more

Day 1 may be found here. Being a male over 50, it’s almost inevitable that I’ll wake up in the wee hours of the morning, which are well named.Read more

This was another combined trip with the Los Alamos Geological Society and the Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club.Read more

The previous day may be found here. I woke up somewhat late, but then I didn’t have a tent to tear down. I skipped the steel-cut oats to save time and breakfasted on cereal, buttermilk, ham and egg, then headed out for Arches National Park. I had contemplated just heading...Read more

The previous day may be found here. I awoke feeling somewhat better and found that my mother was the only other one stirring. She had, in fact, woken me up. Fine; I had a long drive to Monticello ahead. I dropped my mom off in Provo, staying with her long...Read more

The previous day may be found here. Thursday was the big wedding day. Mom and I got up early to be in Logan by 9:00. Since this is primarily a geology and nature blog, I won’t burden you with too many wedding pictures. But I can’t resist posting just a...Read more

The previous day may be found here. I had started to feel achy and with a sore throat on Tuesday, though it was easy to chalk this up to hiking in a dry climate. Wednesday I woke up feeling crummy enough to realize that I had a bad cold. Well,...Read more

Day 1 may be found here. I slept reasonably well, considering, and was up before the crack of dawn to work on breakfast. Yeah, I know. There is decidedly some dawn already cracked in that photograph. I had been up some time before taking it, and the tent is already...Read more