Southwest // 2021

This was our third fall in the desert. One could conclude that hiking the same trails and standing on the same dirt year after year would be repetitious, and wouldn’t guide you to new experiences. Yet while I hike and stand beside my ancient ghosts - shadows of what once in these very places - I feel more alive than ever. Nothing is as exhilarating as catching the sunset on The Watchman, or the sun climbing up the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon. There is a reason why we keep returning to the desert.