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Followed by months of civilian protests, the Sudanese military deposed longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir on April 11, 2019. Just now starting to develop its tourism sector, Sudan remains a country seldom visited by outsiders. Deserted ancient pyramids and hospitable locals means this land has much to offer those wishing to avoid the crowds of other popular destinations. Despite a tumultuous past in...

12 common questions asked of a Grand Canyon local regarding how best to visit the popular south rim of the national park.

Seldom seen by most tourists to Grand Canyon is a community home to 2000 full time residents. They have their own postal code and post office, bank, library, cemetery, police, jail, and K-12 school.

The most common question an interpritive guide gets is "How many fall off?" Here I address some recent but sad examples of Grand Canyon fatalities.

A small collection of prairie ghost towns containing unique histories that most contemporary Coloradans and Americans may be unaware of.

A century ago if one wanted to take a mule ride to the bottom of Grand Canyon and overnight with all the creature comforts normally found at Lodges elsewhere there was only one option: Hermit Camp. This short-lived facility was unlike anything else at the time, as was the trail built by the Santa Fe Railroad to ferry its passengers-turned-tourists to this unique experience. Today the Hermit Tra...

Concessionaires contracted by the National Park Service provide lodging, food and other guest-related services within America's many national parks. A high turnover rate among American employees working for these concessionaires means chronic labor shortages. Companies therefore rely on the foreign J-1 visa work program to staff some positions in retail, housekeeping, food and beverage. Althoug...

The original Grand Canyon airport has been abandoned since the 1960s, but during its heyday it was responsible for the first commercial air traffic in the region. In 1928, Charles Lindbergh stopped there and posed for a picture outside the main hanger. Today the hanger still stands, but sadly this building has fallen into disrepair, as has the entire historic site.

Many have been on my Grand Canyon sunrise / sunset tours. Here's what it looks like time lapsed from areas with limited public access!

Ancient ruins dot the American Southwest, many of which can be easily seen by anyone. Some sites, however, are not as easy to access and are seldom visited. One such area is the Sierra Anchan region of central Arizona. A trip there requires four wheel drive with good clearance and back country hiking down non-maintained trails, some of which have contributed to fatalities in recent years. I cra...

This is a brief collection of tornado warnings and sirens captured on video as I sought refuge in a home shelter in Wichita, Kansas, the spring of 2013. After touching down west of town, this particular wall cloud did not touch down in Wichita proper, but still prompted city officials to declare a tornado emergency.

A tornado outbreak occurred on April 14, 2012, in several plains states but culminated for those of us in Wichita, Kansas, at 10:20PM that night. These are mostly audio recordings of NOAA alerts, rotating sirens, a tree smashing my kitchen window, and local radio broadcasts I made that night from a shelter near the path of an EF-3 tornado. With events taking place at night, and mostly without e...