Southern Utah has some of the most uniquely beautiful terrain that you'll ever find anywhere on this earth. This land of almost unearthly beauty also is so inhospitable to man that much of this area -- Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Canyon Reef National Park, Arches National Park and Bridges National Monument -- was never home to anyone beyond itinerant hunting parties, until Brigham Young sent intrepid Mormon pioneers to transform this desolate landscape with fields of cotton and orchards of fruit.

One restless night, when winds of an approaching storm whipped up dust, we headed away from the paved roads and air conditioning of the present to take a trip back in time. Read More...