Geology

The North Rim of the Grand Canyon

The advantages of the North Rim are: - 1: it is much less crowded, and - 2: its altitude is 1,000 ft. higher than the more popular South Rim, which is to say that the canyon when seen from the...

How to See Majestic Bryce Canyon in a Day!

Who knew there were so many hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park? We did not! We visited Bryce Canyon for one day in early February and the beauty we found there completely awed us. Even though a...

Utah's Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park

Take a piece of paper that is a small rectangle. Hold the the paper so it is parallel to the ground and bend it to form an S curve. Now, instead of paper, think of this folding into an S curved...

Skyros : Like an Aegean Poem

The famous Greek whiter Yiorgos Theotokas wrote when he arrived in Skyros that “each new island frees me from the things I left and yet it helps me to understand them and make them mine...

What to Do in Lyme Regis, England

We stopped off in Lyme Regis on a meandering road trip from Brighton to Cornwall. Whilst there, we hunted for fossils on the beach and explored the harbour area. We also strolled through the old town...