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Arches, peaks, overlooks, fossils, caves, and places of scenic beauty

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Camel Track Canyon

Camel Track Canyon

My friends, Larry and Janene from Moby Goes, took us on a little trip over to what I’m calling “Camel Track” Canyon out in Death Valley country. The actual small canyon is unnamed on the map. A cross-country hike led us into a small canyon filled with sedimentary rocks,

Sapphire Tunnel Cave

Sapphire Tunnel Cave

We’ve known about this cave for some time, but it wasn’t until 2015 that we were finally able to put together a trip to see if we could find it. After a few hours of climbing ladders and walking miles into the center of a mountain, we reached

DE Mine and Cave

DE Mine and Cave

Out in central Nevada, we found a small cave inside of a larger, abandoned mine. The miners probably broke into the cave in the 1880s or thereabouts. Seeing a barrel set in the mine to catch dripping water was interesting. I’m guessing the miners were using it to collect

Lava River Cave

Lava River Cave

In late spring 2015, we took a trip out to Flagstaff seeking cooler temperatures. One of the places we stopped at was the Lava River Cave. Formed in the Pleistocene, roughly 675,000 years ago, this 0.75-mile-long lava tube is remarkable for its length and tall ceilings; at some

Mojave Lava Tube

Mojave Lava Tube

Out in the volcanic cinder cones, a few miles east of Baker in the Mojave National Preserve, and hidden among fields of broken basalt and cinder, is the Mojave Lava Tube. Over the course of the last seven million years (during the Pleistocene and Pliocene epochs) and perhaps as recently

Crystal Stanislaus Cave

Crystal Stanislaus Cave

Alysia and I met up with Brian and his daughter Alisha for a little cave exploring around the Stanislaus River. This wild cave is accessible by a hundred-foot climb up a steep limestone cliff. The cave is small and only has only a few rooms to explore. And although some