2001: An Amber Odyssey

Every adventure is that much better when you have a real "outdoor writing sherpa" come along! 

Thanks to Amber Borowski we had a wonderful year!

 
Zion National Park, Utah — Cruising the Subway                "The sun was our only reprieve as it bathed us and the surrounding monoliths in a golden light, its rays suffused with molten gold and pink shafts of light.  The scene was a magical mixture of vegetation and stone, waterfalls and rainbows, folding sandstone and swirling clouds."
Gila Wilderness Area, New Mexico — Going Wild in America’s First Wilderness                             "Made almost dizzy by the atmosphere’s seductive passivity, I glanced around for evidence of a single invisible current.  I felt and heard nothing.  No crickets, no birds--only a deafening silence. I do not know how long I watched the surreal light dance across the meadow; I do know that the Gila Wilderness Area seeped into my soul that enchanted evening and made an everlasting imprint."
Havasupai, Arizona — A Garden of Eden in the Desert                  "Mazelike canyons wind through a dusty brown landscape and eventually descend upon an oasis of turquoise waters at the foot of four cascading waterfalls. A narrow green ribbon -- Havasu Creek -- connects them all as it cuts through the red canyon floor."