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I travel and take photos of beautiful places. Proudly liberal Christian and political progressive. Previous life and career spent navigating the treacherous waters of American Evangelicalism, often as the most liberal person in the boat.
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As with virtually every acre in southern Utah, Deadhorse Point is worth your time.
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No, but the parks are in close proximity. This photo angle is actually facing east, away from Canyonlands NP.
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Yes. We drove down Shafer Trail from the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands and then all the way to Moab. Incredible drive.
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Thanks, but the landscape and light in that region pretty much does the job for you.
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Thank you!
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You are referring to this guy!
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While RRG is a beautiful place, this arch is actually much further south, near the Tennessee border. It is adjacent to Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, which is quite similar to RRG and also with the Daniel Boone NF.
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That is beautiful and I can imagine a great, if not toasty, place to live. We almost exclusively boondock as well. My truck has a built in generator so water and waste are our only limiting factors. Well, that and the 14 day limits set by the NFS and BLM.
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My immediate family did not raise any tobacco, but, both of my grandfathers did. Being from Lincoln Co. we were surrounded by small family farms. Kentucky definitely has some beautiful places, particularly in Daniel Boone NF. However, my heart is in the West.
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Thank you for your comments. It sounds as if we love a lot of the same places. My wife and I just spent 8 weeks along the southern border in February, March, and April. We visited Tucson for the first time, mainly to see Saguaro NP. We strongly prefer the hinterlands, so we didn't stay too long.
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Well, to make even more parallels, my family and I have lived in Danville for 18 years. I was born and raised in Lincoln County and returned to Central Kentucky to raise our kids after being nomadic during our 20s and 30s. My wife and I travel a lot because we love public lands more than anything.
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Even after visiting 41 national parks, Olympic remains my favorite dating back to my first visit in 1994. The diversity of the park is staggering.
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That's a long stretch in the Red!
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It is much harder to find solitude in RRG these days. The growth in visitors with the lack of infrastructure has made it challenging for those of us who were used to having the place to ourselves not that long ago.
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My family and I lived on the Kenai Peninsula for about 4 years. Seeing the rapid retreat of Exit Glacier over the last 22 years is shocking.
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There was a minor bloom happening when I was at DV. However, we also went to Joshua Tree on the same trip and it was spectacular.
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I have not, but I would love to. I have only been to the Big Bend area once, earlier this year. I would love to go back and explore the Mexican public lands on the other side of the river. However, my wife is more cautious than me about being Americans alone on the Mexican side of the borderlands.