Angel's Landing Once in a while we get the opportunity to prove to ourselves what we are truly made of. Yesterday that opportunity came for me. It was an equal opportunity for all of us, but as we are so decidedly different, we confronted the challenge in five uniquely different ways. Our challenge was to climb Angel's Landing in Zion National Park. It is only a 4.6 mile round trip but we gained 1500 feet in elevation. The trail was steep and windy, espec...

January 11, 2012 Tim Smith Sensory Dissonance Jet planes, helicopters, wailing sirens, ringing bells on slot machines, people laughing, hollering, car horns, car engines, loud music, talking billboards, hucksters, buskers. Silence, softly moaning wind in the mountaintops, singing waters rushing over rocks, rustling dry leaves, wild turkeys calling their position to one another as they forage, the muffled echo of human voices bouncing from canyon wall to wal...

We have left the sights and lights and glitz and glitter of Las Vegas and are adjusting to the stillness and serenity of Zion National Park.Of all the grandeur Vegas boasted, there is nothing that compares to the grandeur of the Canyons.Vegas gave me emotional contractions as I oscillated between envy and sorrow.Zion - The City of God - is as its name represents; a haven of peace, contentment, acquiescence, and delight.I can't wait to get up before the sun tomorr...