We left the North Rim of the Grand Canyon on May 31 and spent most of the day driving to reach the Calcareous Mountains district of eastern Nevada. This is part of the basin and range topography that characterizes much of the Great Basin. We reached our target area around dinnertime but while driving over […]
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The Great Basin Revisited
After leaving the Huachuca Mountains in southeast Arizona, we got a cell signal for the first time in several days, and upon seeing the number of messages left by Eileen’s siblings while we were incommunicado, we knew that there was a family emergency. One evening after dinner, Eileen’s father, age 91, lost consciousness and never […]
Great Basin Retreats
This blog post is longer than would be ideal, but I don’t see an easy way to split it up, so I ask your forbearance. The last month has been pretty challenging. Since I last wrote, many areas we hoped to visit, such as most state and national parks, and some national wildlife refuges, have […]
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