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”Ancient landscape of the Colorado PlateauFirst published in 2008, a completely revised and fully updated second edition is now available! Published by the Grand Canyon Conservancy…

The next stop on this journey was the Shetland Islands, the northernmost part of Scotland. We anchored off the coast of Lerwick, the largest city. Lerwick…

rear departure Isle of Skye, Le Champlain We rounded the northern tip of the Scottish mainland and anchored on the western side of the Orkney Islands,…

I was contacted by Sean Daly, a mining geologist and author. He has just published a book called “From the Erzgebirge to Potosi”. He wrote a…

In early October, Helen and I took a trip to the San Juan Mountains near Ouray in southwest Colorado. We backpacked along the Dallas Trail for…

On November 30, 2010, I posted an article about an inscription discovered near the South Bass Trail of the Grand Canyon. The inscription features the word…

Plateau Point, Grand Canyon, November 2021. Photo by Helen Ranney.As the new year dawns, I realize that I’ve neglected to update this blog. Blame it on…

I love Santa Fe, New Mexico, so when I had the opportunity to give a lecture on the Colorado River for Southwest Seminar, we spent an…

Can you believe it’s been 40 years since the first IMAX movie was shown at the Grand Canyon in 1983, the same year the water level…

This May, 19 alumni from the Northern Arizona University Geology program came to Flagstaff for our 4th annual Grand Canyon Reunion Rafting Trip. We had a…