Dkos Tour Series: Acoma Pueblo (Literally a/k/a/ "Sky City")
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DKos Tour Series: Goblin Valley State Park
Please note: I have had a few emails asking about the Acoma Pueblo diary's posting. It was posted on Thursday, as promised, but there was a lot of other stuff going on that day, something about March...
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DKos Tour Series: Kodachrome Basin State Park
Photo by Digital-ImagesPlease note: Yesterday's Goblin Valley posting was the first of three Utah State Park diaries. And, yes, I have heard from others that the March Madness political stuff tends to...
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DKos Tour Series: Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah
Prologue: Today's diary completes a 3-pack Utah State Park series. Globlin Valley (URL: http://www.dailykos.com/...) and Kodachrome Basin (URL: http://www.dailykos.com/...). If you missed these...
View ArticleDKos Tour Series: The Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
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DKos Tour Series: White Sands National Monument
Prologue: And now for something completely different given the usual diaries that I post. I say 'unusual' without exaggeration, because this monument is conceivably the most singular in all respects....
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DKos Series: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Prologue: Possibly the most famous caverns in the world. . .that is, below its crust. I, myself, never felt entirely comforting doing the spelunking kind of exploration, but I did enjoy touring the...
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DKos Tour Series: Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona
Nature's most exquisite and winding passageway of form, color and ethereal lightingWith narrow walls and a narrow window of azure-colored skyYet from the raven's higher perspective, utterly...
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DKos Tour Series: Slot Canyon Hikes!
Paria Canyon, the loveliest of slot canyon paradises stretching from Utah into Arizona (and ends at Lee's Ferry (the Colorado River) near PagePrologue: Yesterday's diary, on Antelope Canyon...
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DKos Tour Series: The Grand Falls Of The Little Colorado River
Prologue: This past weekend I posted two diaries on slot canyons: Antelope Canyon (http://www.dailykos.com/...) and one featuring other popular slots (http://www.dailykos.com/...). For today's diary,...
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DKos Tour Series: Grand Canyon National Park (Part 1)
From Desert View, looking east toward the Painted DesertPrologue: I have been asked numerous times, and here I'll paraphrase the gist of those comments, "Rich. . .since you often refer to the Grand...
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DKos Tour Series: Grand Canyon National Park (Part 2)
From the South Rim, looking east toward the lower part of the South Kaibab TrailPrologue: Today's continuing tour of the big ditch of northern Arizona gets a bit heavy given the theoretical explanation...
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DKos Tour Series: Grand Canyon National Park Hiking Trails (Addenda)
Hikers trekking the South Kaibab Trail (photo take by Mike Buchheit, Director of the Grand Canyon Field Institute; my boss in other words!)Prologue: This past weekend featured a two-part series on...
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DKos Tour Series: Wupatki National Monument Archeological Ruins
Location/Geography: In north central Arizona, Coconino County. Nearest settlement: Cameron; nearest city, Flagstaff. Area: 35,254 (50 square miles). Northeast of Sunset Crater/Bonito Lava Flow....
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DKos Tour Series: Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
Prologue: Arizona's Wupatki NM, which I recently posted a diary on same (http://www.dailykos.com/...), but slipped fairly rapidly through the Recent Diary list, reminded me of a complimentary contrast,...
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DKos Tour Series: Valley Of The Gods & Valley Of Fire
Prologue: For some reason I can't explain, I have often heard people mixing up these entirely two different valley settings. The fact is, one is in Utah and the other in Nevada. Moreover, the terrain...
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DKos Tour Series: Hiking The Grand Canyon "Highways" (Special Supplement)
Prologue: Geesh. . .talk about a busy email bout after the Grand Canyon virtual tour series was posted last week! Well, that's what I get for opening a hiking Pandora's box for our illustrious...
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DKos Special Supplement: Plate Tectonics And The World’s Changing Geography...
Prologue: Sometime ago I published a 3-part diary series on the Colorado Plateau (if interested in reading this diary, see this URL to get started: http://www.dailykos.com/...). Given that broad...
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DKos Special Supplement: Plate Tectonics And The World’s Changing Geography...
Enjoy traveling from continent to continent while you can, for tomorrow, sometime in the future, you won't have to hop, skip or jump across oceans or borders to get anywhere!Prologue: Yesterday’s diary...
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DKos Tour Series: Cedar Breaks National Monument (Not Bryce Canyon, But Close)
Location/Geography: Closest town: Cedar City, Utah. Area: Unknown, though considerably smaller than neighboring Bryce Canyon. Surrounded by Dixie National Forest. Western edge of the Markagunt...
View ArticleDKos Tour Series: Zuñi Tribal History
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DKos Tour Series: Goosenecks Of The San Juan State Park
Prologue: Welcome to the world's most famous entrenched meanders––goosenecks by the more common term. If you have ever rafted the typical slow and muddy water of the San Juan slipping through this...
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Dkos Tour Series: Hiking The Honaker Trail (Down To The Goosenecks)
Close to the edge and ready for one hellava hike to the bottom!Prologue: Yesterday's diary on the Goosenecks of the San Juan (http://www.dailykos.com/...) explained how these magnificent entrenched...
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DKos Tour Series: Hovenweep National Monument
Location/Geography: In southeast Utah, Montezuma and San Juan counties. Nearest city: Cortez, Colorado, and Blanding, Utah. Area: 785 acres. High desert west of Cortez; a series of river valleys...
View ArticleDKos Tour Series: People Of The Blue-Green Water (Havasupai)
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View ArticleDKos Tour Series: Peach Springs, Grand Canyon West And The Hualapais
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DKos Tour Series: A Return To Monument Valley (Part 1 of 2)
Prologue: Summer’s coming on and before you know it vacation time will be here and planning for the adventure begins. For those of you headed out West, specifically those interested in seeing the...
View ArticleDKos Sabbatical, Looks Like...
Folks, I think in light of some recent commentary and my heavy workload producing the DKos Tour Series the better act of valor here is to bow out for a while and see if I can't make up some lost time...
View ArticleHIT THE ROAD TOUR SERIES, an introduction
Introduction: The purpose of this diary is to announce an upcoming weekly series that mimics a road tour of the Southwest’s most scenic icons entitled, HIT THE ROAD TOUR SERIES. Mainly, we’ll be...
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The DKos Road Tour Series. . .Indian Country, USA
Note: This is the inaugural three-part installment of The Dkos Road Tour series. See explanation at the close of this diary. Hope you find the information enjoyable and educational. Our destinations...
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Arches NP, Aztec Ruins, and Bandelier NM
THE DKos ROAD TOUR SERIESThis is the second three-part installment of The Dkos Road Tour series. See explanation at the close of this diary. Hope you find the information enjoyable and educational. Our...
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A GO FUND ME PROJECT FOR MY AILING FELINE ANGEL...
Some of you might know me for my DKos Road Tour Series diaries I post on Sundays. On 4/13/2017, I launched a Go Fund Me emergency campaign for Millie (under the advisement of my veterinarian, no less)....
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Continuing the Go Fund Me Effort for Millie the Kid!
Thank all of you for your kind and very generous support given my Go Fund Me diary posted yesterday (and thank you, especially, Street Prophets). Some of you know me by my weekly DKos Road Tour Series...
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Halfway There On Millie's Go Fund Me Project. . .
On 4/13/2017, a Go Fund Me emergency campaign for my feline angel, Millie, was launched. The process begins with networking to my circle of friends, and they, in turn, will hopefully network to their...
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Bryce Canyon, Butler Wash, & Canyon de Chelly
THE DAILY KOS ROAD TOUR SERIES. . .This is the third 3-part installment of the series. See explanation at the close of this diary. Hope you find the information enjoyable and educational. Our...
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In Memory of Francys Arsentieve, the first American Woman to Summit Mt....
About this posting: I’m still struggling with six or seven other books I hope to finish (revisions) and publish before the year ends (see either the www.richholtzin.com website for that background or...
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Millie the Kid's Ongoing Go Fund Me Project
Considering the Go Fund Me added fees and bank charges, I’m still short of reaching Millie’s goal. Can you pitch in? So far, she’s holding her own but steadily wastes away. I need to do whatever’s best...
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Millie the Kid's Successful GFM Campaign
I wanted to thank all of you, once again, for helping this campaign succeed. I bid the campaign a bit short (as an estimate) but considering the surprise reception of support for Millie's plight, I am...
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Canyonlands NP, Canyons of the Ancients, and Capitol Reef NP
This is the fourth diary installment of The Dkos Road Tour Series. See explanation at the close of this diary. I trust you will find the information enjoyable and educational. Our destinations today...
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Carlsbad Caverns NP, Casa Grande Ruins, and Casa Malpaís Ruins
This is the fifth diary installment of The Dkos Road Tour Series. See explanation at the close of this diary. I trust you will find the information enjoyable and educational. Our destinations today...
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An Update on my Millie the Kid Go Fund Me Campaign
Today, I closed the Go Fund Me campaign for my beloved Millie the Kid...raising 2K in 2.5 days. I am so grateful, and humbled, for all of you who made a donation. You'll never know just how humbled I...
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Chaco Canyon Historical Park, Chimney Rock NM, Comb Ridge and Comb Wash, Utah
This is the sixth diary installment of The Dkos Road Tour Series. See explanation at the close of this diary. I trust you will find the information enjoyable and educational. Our destinations today...
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes SP, Coronado State Monument (Kuaua Ruins), Crow Canyon...
This is the seventh diary installment of The Dkos Road Tour Series. See explanation at the close of this diary. I trust you will find the information enjoyable and educational. Our destinations today...
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Dead Horse SP, Death Valley NP, and Domínguez, Escalante, and Lowry Ruins
This is the eighth diary installment of The Dkos Road Tour Series. See explanation at the close of this diary. I trust you will find the information enjoyable and educational. Our destinations today...
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El Malpaís, El Morro, and Fisher Towers
This is the eighth diary installment of The Dkos Road Tour Series. (And now making an appearance on Saturdays rather than Sundays.) See explanation at the close of this diary. I trust you will find the...
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FYI: The Weekly DKos Road Tour Series. . .
has been changed to Saturdays (see below URL), and, in the hope, these postings and break from the typical diaries representing this community attract more readers. In my not so humble opinion, I think...
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Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, Gila Cliff Dwellings, and Glen Canyon National...
Here’s the next diary installment of The Dkos Road Tour Series (see URL list for previous diaries at the close of this diary). Our destinations today will take us, first, to northern New Mexico then to...
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It Wasn't Nice To Drown A Lady! (Revisiting The Glen Canyon-Lake Powell...
Note: Glen Canyon then, as now, always gets reactions whenever its domain is mentioned, particularly, the Glen Canyon-Lake Powell topic. Lake Mead is drying up and will eventually become a tomb and...
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GOBLIN VALLEY SP, GOOSENECKS OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER, and the GRAND CANYON NP
This is the tenth diary installment of The Dkos Road Tour Series. Our destinations today will take us, first, to northern Utah, near Zion NP, then to southeast Utah, and from there to northern Arizona....
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IT WASN’T NICE TO DROWN A LADY! (Revisiting The Glen Canyon-Lake Powell...
Kindly Note: This is the second of three diaries posted under the same title. (Last week’s part one can be read at this URL: http://bit.ly/2qV7kOY) The explanation for reposting this diary from 2012 is...
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