Rocks, rocks and more rocks. I like to collect rocks. Since I tend to look at where my feet are going more than looking around me, I tend to find some cool rocks. I will admit that I’ve mailed rocks home (flat-rate packages are great!).
I think of geology like a big puzzle. You find one piece and have to figure out how it fits into the whole puzzle we call Earth–past or present.
Forty years after being completed (1972), Libby Dam is still fulfilling its mission of flood control on the Kootenai River. The Kootenai River is the…
How often do you think about water? Only when you are thirsty? When going fishing or swimming? Water is everywhere, even in the desert. Find…
Walking on a trail near Moab, Utah, I stepped over some large depressions in the bedrock but quickly stopped and realized that these were more…
On our way to California, we took the scenic route through Utah and Arizona. Southeastern Utah is amazing country with all the exposed rock. We…