Wednesday, April 25, 2012

A love affair with a pile of rock


"What's the use: no matter where I go, what I do, I can't get the canyon country out of my heart.  A love affair with a pile of rock.  Will I never be content until I make my home on the rim of Utah . . . ?  Guess not."

Edward Abbey

Photo:  Balanced Rock and the La Sal Mountains blush in evening alpenglow, Arches National Park, UT; April 21, 2012.  When Abbey worked as a park ranger at Arches and wrote "Desert Solitaire," he lived near this spot.

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