I’ve got several shelves full of Colorado Plateau books, but I’m keeping Michael Englehard’s No Walk in the Park by my bedside for now. It makes for lively reading! In each chapter he takes us on a journey somewhere on the Plateau: on foot around Navajo Mountain bound for Rainbow Bridge, by catamaran through Cataract Canyon, via snowshoe after a blizzard on the South Rim, on an attempted long walk from one end of Grand Canyon to the other. Each journey also includes forays into the history, culture, ecology, anthropology (his specialty), or politics of the region. The writing is lively; at times humorous, at times philosophical, always down-to-earth and original, the way a good book should be.
You can find it on Amazon and select bookstores.
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