Nature Date

Nature Date

Spending time outdoors with the family shouldn’t be a chore By Rebecca Chavez-Houck As my husband, Martin, and I travel the state in our RV, we’re happy to see families exploring the outdoors. Like them, we took advantage of junior ranger programs with our children as...
The Great Empty

The Great Empty

A lonely highway reminds us what wild country looks like By John Rasmuson We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. —John Steinbeck To take a trip on an airplane nowadays is to run a gauntlet, suffering for hours before emerging at...
Earth Candy

Earth Candy

With the right dressing, bitter winter greens can be ‘charmed and disarmed’ By Ari LeVaux The farmers markets of summer get all the glory, but pound for pound, the winter markets have more guts. These off-season centers of homegrown commerce run from about Halloween...
Frozen Serenity

Frozen Serenity

Iceberg passageways reveal penguins, whales and awe-inspiring sunsets By Chris Vanocur It doesn’t get much better than being able to vamoose around Utah. The past few years have seen me vamoose from the Scenic Byway 12 in the south to the Golden Spike up north as well...
River Whisperer

River Whisperer

Herm Hoops took the river less paddled and found his purpose By Jared Blackley If you ever met Herm Hoops on the river, you’d remember. He was the river guide wearing a baseball cap with an oversize toucan beak on it. His expansive smile, irreverent wit and crass...
Abajo Haven Cabins

Abajo Haven Cabins

Rustic abodes offer true peace and quiet By Jared Blackley There are myriad reasons to visit Moab in the spring. The hordes of spring breakers aren’t one of them. This spring, maybe skip the crowds and point your headlights south as you pass through Moab and keep...