by toby | May 29, 2013 | Life, The Writing Life
Off the deck and into the wild: when the desert storms. Tuesday 5/28/13 When the desert storms Morning dawned gloriously but settled into overcast as Mike and I took off from Moab to find Canyonlands. We’d been under the impression both parks were close, but only...
by toby | May 28, 2013 | Life
On Walmart and Arches National Park May 27, 2013 On the road to Moab Writing while driving, the laptop open on my lap and bouncing with the rough freeway leading out of Colorado into Utah. We’re doing 75 mph, the speed limit, and the Jeep starts to levitate when it...
by toby | May 25, 2013 | Life
Thursday May 23, 2013 Back to the desert Hiding in the AC in the Best Western overlooking the power plant above the dam of Lake Powell in Page, Arizona, where we paid extra for a “lake view” I reflect that this is all my fault. This trip is my fault. (It’s my “50th”...
by toby | May 21, 2013 | Life
Back in the Promised Land of Zion May 21, 2013 Wednesday (Not gonna lie. One of the fun things about Zion is using all the grandiose names the Mormons gave the park in my titles) Yesterday when we finally rolled into Zion National Park after early morning dawn shoot...
by toby | May 17, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild–life on the edge of the Grand Canyon 5/16/13 Travel day to North Rim of the Grand Canyon I’ve become Camping Woman. Camping Woman with the wind-snarled hair filled with dust, ten broken dirt-encrusted nails and unshaven legs,...