From 1869 until 1909 a town called Pahreah was out here. But they put their town in a valley that was prone to flash floods. It used to have a post office and general store and after it was abandoned they filmed westerns in it until it all washed away. The area was so perfect of a setting that they built a new western town movie set a mile away
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3/1/22 - we made our way up to Zion National Park. It was gorgeous and still partially snowed in so there wasn't really much we could do and the paths that were open were ankle deep mud. One day I'm going back. I really wanted to hike The Subway but even with a 4 wheel drive Jeep we weren't making it off-road to the trailhead. The weather was
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2/27/22 - Driving through the desert and we spotted this bald eagle out in the middle of nowhere. He had a crossbeak deformation but he seemed to be in decent shape and is a mature adult with all his white feathers.
I think that everyone should go see this at least once in their life. Thousands upon thousands of these graceful birds come down all in one marsh to rest during their great migration. Words fail me.
You ever drive past somewhere a thousand times and then suddenly you go past there at a different time of year and you spot something off in some overgrown trees you've never spotted before and you make a mental note to go check it out and then one day you do? There was a mound of ivy and crap that was the remains of a small house but it didn't
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