Nature Eases My Pain
Corona Arch Posers
The Spring 2025 Natural Arch and Bridge Society Rally was held in Moab, Utah, the home of Arches National Park and probably the best place in the world to have an arch rally, but only if you know how to avoid the crowds. During the entire week, I believe we went into the National Park only once and that was at night for moonrise at Delicate Arch (along with hundreds of other folks). Fellow Board Member and fellow retired professor, David Alexander is our secret sorcerer. Now on the other side of 80, he has hiked to hundreds of arches inside and outside of the park. One of the classic arches outside of Moab in Bootlegger Canyon is Corona Arch (12S-620207-4271054, 110’x110’). It’s on a marked trail, so anyone can find it, including these two internet posers, dressed from head-to-toe in black and white. Perhaps they were expecting Ansel Adams.
Nature Eases My Pain
It’s been more than six months since I posted a gallery, so I thought I’d share some of my adventures, none of which have produced a prolific portfolio of photographs, but all of which were worth exploration. I’m still hunting arches as I was re-elected as President of the Natural Arch and Bridge Society, am still fascinated by long hikes to waterfalls, am still learning new techniques to photograph the night sky and am still hiking here and there, especially there.
Some people age gracefully and some do not. I retired in time to join those who do not. Details aside, when physically challenged, I try to respond defiantly in kind. The more I'm hurting, the longer and harder the hike. One of my gastroenterologists recently said to me: “At some point you are going to have to put your medical care before your passion.” And I responded, “Or not.”
As I inferred, there is no cohesive theme to this gallery, so I named it, “Nature Eases My Pain.” At the very least, it's a distraction.
I hope you enjoy it and don’t forget to read the captions. Often, they are more interesting than the photographs. Sad, but true.
