Geotripper

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Where They Almost Damned the Grand Canyon...

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 Is there a limit to the destruction that humans can do? Yesterday's post concerned our desire to control the natural world around us,...
Monday, June 3, 2013

A Dam Big Dam and a Dam Big Bridge...And a Dam Frightening Problem

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Oh, how mighty are the works of man...and how arrogant we sometimes get when contemplating our great works. Our first stop on our tour of ...
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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Picture of Peach Springs Tuff (with Big Bird Bonus)

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The Internet connection at our hinterlands location is slow and undependable, so tonight is just a picture of the Peach Springs Tuff, an ...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

Seeing Things Upside Down in the Red Rocks: What To Do When You Get Bored With Las Vegas

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Bored in Las Vegas? Really? Okay, the town is such an aberration in the desert that one can hardly get bored, but my attention was really ...
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Friday, May 31, 2013

From a Land of Riches to the Barrens: The Basin and Range

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We set off early today on our journey of exploration on the Colorado Plateau, but to get to the plateau we needed to travel nearly 500 mil...
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On the Road Again, To the Mysterious Realm of the Colorado River!

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This summer is all about the Colorado River, one of the most geologically mysterious rivers on planet Earth. Most rivers start in some mou...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Time Beyond Imagining Becomes a "Book" (or: "Where I've Been Hiding These Last Few Weeks)!

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A best-seller if there ever was one! In fact, I think the first run will sell out (15 copies in the first printing, so not really a surpri...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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