After a very nice visit with friends in Las Vegas I got a very early start, I left the house by 7 am and was in St George’s Utah by 9 am with the goal of making it to the North Rim if the Grand Canyon. Driving in the desert is an odd experience . …

It all started with the August 2003 issue of Travel and Leisure magazine which had an article on 25 Great Walks. The cover picture was of a man walking in a slot canyon in Zion national park with towering walls of rock on either side. When I saw that picture I wanted to go there …