Earthly Musings - My Travel and Geology Blog

You may have heard through the various media outlets about proposed mining of uranium near the Grand Canyon. As a Grand Canyon geologist I a...

On our recent trip to Hawai'i we also spent some time on the island of O'ahu. Long maligned as a piece of paradise that suffers from...

I'm on vacation on the island of Maui in Hawai'i where Helen and I completed an eleven and a half mile hike on May 30 through Haleak...

I recently led a small group on a camping and hiking trip to Lees Ferry along the Colorado River in northern Arizona. There are some very ni...