Stories About Travel and Place
How-to: A Visit to an Iconic Bears Ears Site on the San Juan River
The panel cannot help but capture the imagination. Like this land’s earliest human visitors, we, too, tell stories. Our tools and platforms have changed, but the anthropological spark that motivates us to craft and share stories that can form emotional bonds persists.
Photo by Andrew Dash Gillman
A View From the Past
Reconstructing forgotten history on the Transcontinental Railroad Backcountry Byway
The road is rough at times, tempering the pace of travel. But at 15-20 mph, we experience the landscape at the speed of steam.
Photo by Andrew Dash Gillman
‘Awesome’ Solitude: An Extended Hike in Bears Ears National Monument
As the sun continued to rise, its light bounced around and filled the canyon, eventually finding its way into the soul of the sandstone.
Photo by Andrew Dash Gillman
Turning Carbon Into Culture
Art, Amtrak and a riverwalk anchor Helper, Utah's new identity
A little luck and timing preserved this town’s architectural heritage — and that same character will lead it into the coming decades thanks to an effort to blend tradition with fresh thinking..
And, appropriately, women are leading the charge.
Photo by Austen Diamond
High, Lonesome Wilderness
Wilderness areas are a gift from our predecessors, passed down like an heirloom. Like an heirloom, these areas are to be treasured, for a story permeates them.
Photo by Hage Photo
'Bad' Brad: A Story of Blues, Blood and Legendary Jazz
Former public radio DJ “Bad” Brad Wheeler and the story of live music in Utah
Travelers in unfamiliar spaces do not often have access to a place's history and heritage unless they seek out the plaque or download the app. Even then, stories get baked into a place's identity with the effect of obfuscating the raw materials such that a visitor can rarely get close to that identity.
Photo by Sandra Salvas
More Travel Stories
Photo: Dean Krakel
Following the Dinosaur Tracks of Red Fleet
Explore Red Fleet State Park's cleverly built trail that crosses sandy washes, ribs of exposed stone and a dinosaur trackway.
Photo: Andrew Dash Gillman
Reef Walking, Petroglyphs and Bones
A journey through the rugged and wonderful San Rafael Swell and heritage-rich Nine Mile Canyon.
Photo: Dean Krakel
A Walking Tour of Helper, Utah
A historic town with blue-collar roots has grown into a walkable epicenter of art and culture with easy access to recreation.
Other Media
Six Corners
A podcast I created about people and their relationship to the land across the six corners of Utah.
“People don’t prepare to know what the desert climate and ecosystem is and don’t realize it looks very harsh and unforgiving, whereas it’s actually very fragile.”
—Kristen Peterson | Owner/Guide at Rim Tours Mountain Bike Adventures | Chapter 1, Episode 2