The open road and the Southwest, especially Utah, are never out of my thoughts.  Spring and Fall are the best times to visit the desert.  [Photos Max Vollmer, Click on any image to enlarge]

Young adventurer and lover of wild places , Everette Ruess, disappeared without a trace  in 1934.   He was last seen camping in Davis Gulch south of Escalante, UT.  His remains were not discovered until 2008 near Comb Ridge, northwest of Bluff, UT.   I’ve been reading Ruess’s letters and journal entries in A Vagabond For Beauty by W. L. Rusho.