My “Big Trip” to Mars

My “Big Trip” to Mars

Wadi Rum is a marvelous wilderness of sand and rock in the Kingdom of Jordan. Long ago it was the setting for some of the scenes in the film “Lawrence of Arabia.” Recently it was the setting for all of the “Martian” scenery in the film of that...
Parkology: Wadi Rum in the Kingdom Of Jordan

Parkology: Wadi Rum in the Kingdom Of Jordan

When I first arrived in Wadi Rum several years ago, I had only recently visited several of Utah’s storied national parks: Grand Escalante, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches. Like those places Wadi Rum is a collection of rock formations in a desert. More of...