The Anasazi arrived in about 1000 AD and built dwellings from stone and wattle/mud under overhangs. Tree ring analysis of…
Wyoming YELLOWSTONE National Park Grand Prismatic Spring Lower Yellowstone Falls. 308' high. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. Old Faithful…
Colorado Plateau. This area is the uplift through which the Colorado River flows. It covers the SW corner of Colorado,…
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has three components. 1. ESCALANTE CANYONS. The most popular area of the monument. The Escalante River…
Tassili N'Ajjer is in the far seatheast where Algeria borders Libya and fuses with the Sahara. It is one of…
A 6-hour bus ride south through hilly terrain covered in thorn trees and cacti (a cross between saguaro and organ…
Patagonia is a geographical region at the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. It includes the…
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by features like poljes above and…
CHINA November 2014 This was my first trip to China. I flew from Xian to Jiuzhaigou Airport. A 40 km…
Ashgabat is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan in Central Asia, situated between the Karakum Desert and the…