Wild West
![Making Peace with Thanksgiving](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/IMG_9867tn.jpg)
Making Peace with Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a holiday fraught with American history. Let's get it right.
![Water, Water Nowhere](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/IMG_5626tn.jpg)
Water, Water Nowhere
The historic drought has thrown the Colorado River and its water system into crisis, with federal officials warning that serious conservation is the only way out.
![Santa Fe’s Indian Market](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20220820-1092tn.jpg)
Santa Fe’s Indian Market
The Santa Fe Indian Market, started a century ago to save Native American culture and art, is the largest Native American event in North America.
![The Earth’s Massive Wrinkle](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Waterpocket-fold-tn.jpg)
The Earth’s Massive Wrinkle
Capitol Reef National Park encompasses a 100-mile-long fold in the Earth in which 270 million years of history is captured.
![Let It Snow (Blizzard, Flurry, Squall)!](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Snow-19tn.jpg)
Let It Snow (Blizzard, Flurry, Squall)!
Snow is a deep subject. It cools our atmosphere, is a critical source of water in many regions, and creates winter travel challenges.
![How Mountains Move](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20220212-412tn.jpg)
How Mountains Move
Mountains grow, shrink and change shape both slowly and suddenly, and human behavior is changing them in alarming ways.
![Central Coast Chillin’](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou1109078789tn.jpg)
Central Coast Chillin’
When you need a break and relaxing activities that are relatively safe in the pandemic, try California's Central Coast.
![Smoke and Haze](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20210724-307tn.jpg)
Smoke and Haze
Western wildfires have blanketed normally pristine landscapes with smoke. What's a photographer to do?
![The Booming and Broiling Southwest](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20160507-515tn.jpg)
The Booming and Broiling Southwest
The American Southwest is the fastest growing region in the United States, but also the hottest and most arid.
![For the Love of Arches](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20140315-351tn.jpg)
For the Love of Arches
Arches National Park in southeastern Utah is being loved to death, and the park service is scrambling to manage the attention.
![Yellowstone Roars Back To Life](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20210515-557tn.jpg)
Yellowstone Roars Back To Life
As the pandemic wanes in the United States, the crowds have returned to Yellowstone National Park.
![Mining Towns of the Old West](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou1108299392tn.jpg)
Mining Towns of the Old West
Colorful Western mining towns where the ancestors of many Americans once flocked to seek their fortunes have become upscale tourist meccas for outdoor adventure.
![Saving the Great Salt Lake](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20170404-144tn.jpg)
Saving the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake, along with other saline lakes worldwide, is drying out. Preserving and restoring won't come cheap.
![La Purisima Mission](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20060821-101tn.jpg)
La Purisima Mission
The history of La Purisima Mission in Lompoc, California, is a cautionary tale about the consequences of environmental damage, epidemics and racial inequality.
![Apocalyptic Outing](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20201017-294tn.jpg)
Apocalyptic Outing
We take a (semi)-humorous look at what a Saturday afternoon outing is like in the fall of 2020.
![Renovating a Western Landmark](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20200810-360tn.jpg)
Renovating a Western Landmark
The Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square, among America's most popular tourist destinations, are undergoing a major renovation.
![Springtime in the Rockies](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20200525-019tn.jpg)
Springtime in the Rockies
It's springtime in Utah's Rockies. Photographer Forrest Anderson captured the stunning scenery.
![Home is a Destination, Too](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20170611-221tn.jpg)
Home is a Destination, Too
Need a five-minute stress reliever while sheltering at home? See these photos of my beautiful mountain village of Mapleton, Utah.
![Lighthouse, Tide Pools and Seals](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Yaquin-Head-tn.jpg)
Lighthouse, Tide Pools and Seals
Yaquina Head, Ore., has one of the Pacific Coast’s premier tide pool observation sites, a lighthouse and seal and seabird colonies.
![Mountain Men and the Fur Trade](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20170902-397tn.jpg)
Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
The colorful annual mountain men rendezvous at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, commemorates the 19th century global fur trade.
![Visit Utah’s National Parks](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Arches-National-Parktn.jpg)
Visit Utah’s National Parks
Utah state and local governments and organizations are chipping in to keep national parks operating during the government shutdown.
![How is Utah Changing?](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20170412-020tn.jpg)
How is Utah Changing?
The Utah population boom, fueled by economic growth and an image of a healthy, family-friendly state, is expected to be long-term.
![Fire! Is this the new norm?](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20180914-252tn.jpg)
Fire! Is this the new norm?
Are record wildfires the new norm in the West? As fires threaten homes and communities, here are answers to questions about them.
![The Wasatch Back](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20141011-179tn.jpg)
The Wasatch Back
The Wasatch Back is the chief year-round playground for residents of the booming Wasatch Front in Utah.
![The Road Less Traveled](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20151023-745tn.jpg)
The Road Less Traveled
There's an alternative to the standard boring I-15 southern and I-80 northern routes across Nevada.
![Timpanogos Cave](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Timpanogoscavetn.jpg)
Timpanogos Cave
A wierd and wonderful cave system holds the heart of Mt. Timpanogos, near Provo, Utah.
![Barbecue Santa Maria Style](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20130727-0497.jpg)
Barbecue Santa Maria Style
Santa Maria's scrumptious grilling is California's premier barbecue style.