To “form fissures, cracks, or breaks, especially through large-scale faulting.”
Tag Archives: Rivers
West of West
There’s something so comforting and also awe-inspiring about the Pacific Ocean.
Posted in Travel
Also tagged Birds, California, Sunrise
Short and Steep
You know what’s great about climate change? Winter hiking is so pleasant!
Posted in Home in Taos
Also tagged Hiking
Big Changes on the Way
Today I’m posting another of approximately five jillion possible Ireland photos, this one of the beautiful town of Limerick.
Moab and Canyonlands
Evocative names for an evocative landscape, don’t you think?
Posted in Travel
Also tagged Canyons, National Parks, Utah
No Lee, No Ferry, No Problem
Lee’s Ferry, on the Colorado River just before it enters Grand Canyon in Arizona, is where the one-armed adventurer, John Wesley Powell, began his epic rafting trip through the Canyon in the late 19th century.
Posted in Travel
Also tagged Arizona, National Parks
Galway: Where We Took Getting Lost To An Entirely New Level
Galway is a smallish city (about 80,000 people) on the western coast of Ireland. Mom and I drove there from Dublin, and since we’d had a couple days driving on the left and deciphering Irish directions, we were feeling pretty cocky about getting around. Ha! Silly us.