Smith Rock State Park
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Smith Rock State Park

BySusan Stephens

Smith Rock has held a mysterious fascination for me for many years. I worked for an outdoor travel clothing company that sold Smith Rock Tee Shirts before I ever knew that there was an actual Smith Rock in Oregon that inspired the name. It took me this long to finally visit one of the most…

Technicolor Dreams Await at Arches National Park

Technicolor Dreams Await at Arches National Park

BySusan Stephens

On a recent trip to Arches National Park in Utah, I thrilled at the chance to walk on geologic formations that were once a seabed thrust up by tectonic plates to form the dry land we see today. This landscape is rife with ancient fossils, Anasazi ruins, and the occasional dinosaur footprint (although I didn’t…