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Zion
anywhere else, Zion’s 287-foot-wide Kolob arch would
probably be the park’s main attraction. here, the show is
beautifully stolen by 2,000-foot-high walls of wind- and
water-sculpted red navajo sandstone dotted with alcoves,
potholes, blind arches, hanging valleys and waterfalls—especially when, come spring, some cliffs erupt improbably with
golden and western columbine, scarlet monkeyflower and
maidenhair ferns. Don’t just look up, though. Winding along
the bottom of Zion canyon is the virgin river, designated
“wild and scenic” in 2009. it’s one of the last rivers on the
colorado plateau that remains mostly free-flowing.
The Zion-mt. carmel highway was a feat of engineering
when it was completed in 1930. even today, traveling
through its two narrow tunnels—one is 1.1 miles long
—offers a nifty bit of visual magic: you see Zion canyon on one side
and slickrock country when you emerge on the other.
GranD canyon
“Those who love it call it the canyon. The canyon. as if there
were no other topographic feature on the face of the earth.”
so wrote author and essayist edward abbey about this
titanic gash in the earth that’s almost too huge for the
mind to grasp. nearly 300 miles long, a mile deep and
more than 5 million years in the making, it’s the only
one of the seven natural Wonders of the World in the
u.s. Take a trip down to the bottom—mules will bring
you safely to an overnight stay at phantom ranch—
and you’ll pass by rocks containing hundreds of
millions of years of earth’s geologic history.
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Table of Contents
Departures
On the Move
Your Story
Ask the Experts
Trip Notes
Best of the West
The Riviera Rediscovered
Effortless Family Escapes
Romancing the Rails
Summer’s Hottest Ticket
The Lure of the Caribbean
California Dreaming
All in a Day
Photo Challenge
Navigator
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AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - Table of Contents
AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - Departures
AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - On the Move
AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - 4
AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - 5
AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - Your Story
AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - 7
AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - Ask the Experts
AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - Trip Notes
AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - Best of the West
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AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - The Riviera Rediscovered
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AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - Effortless Family Escapes
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AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - Romancing the Rails
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AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - The Lure of the Caribbean
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AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - California Dreaming
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AAA Traveler - Spring 2013 - All in a Day
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