Capitol Reef National Park

   This rugged strip of land in southern Utah is worth checking out, and I'm not sure why it took me 10 years to do so. Its only four and half hours from my house to the deep sandstone canyons and broad deserts that make up this weird, and completely unique part of the planet. Capitol Reef is an exceptional place to wander through when the temperatures are in the mid 70's and the weather is pristine, as it was for my girlfriends birthday. We checked out the halls creek narrows at the southern end of the park, and

made a nice 23 mile overnighter out of it...

   

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Government extraction of our natural resources...

^ Bryce Canyon National Park, where nearby coal mining expansion threatens this beautiful piece of earth. The government wants to sell off public lands to further develop nasty strip mines. It does not end...

I found this article first posted on the backcountry.com blog,  and it comes from the Adventure Journal.

http://www.adventure-journal.com/2011/10/house-bill-could-ravage-parks-gut-enviro-laws-—-so-extreme-both-right-and-left-are-alarmed/

"The National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, sponsored by Utah’s Congressman Rob Bishop and approved by the House Committee on Natural Resources 26 to 17, waives the power of 36 environmental and other laws within 100 miles of U.S. borders nationwide"

"Environmental laws waived by this legislation include the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Wilderness Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, National Park Service Organic Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Coastal Zone Management Act" 


To me this sounds like a complete extraction of everything we have in this country whether that be the non-renewable resources, or the last wild lands that are still void of mans exploitation. Our government is hell bent on having complete control over everything in this country. Will the people still have a voice in the future? If its left up to them, then I don't think so.

Rocky Mountain High

I took a quick 3 day road trip to Crested Butte Colorado over the weekend for some biking and fishing and other activities. We checked out some amazing places. Looking forward to returning with more time to explore. The place is sick.


^ The Butte was highly crested



^that colorado rocky mountain high







^ A journey into the land before time

Trout fishing in Jurassic Park