This is a collection of frequently asked questions for planning a national park driving/hotel vacation in southern Utah. This type of trip i...

Welcome to one of the most scenic and inspiring landscapes on earth, the red rock country of southern Utah and all that surrounds it. In a...

In the spring of 1999 my friend Roger from Fort Collins, Colorado, came to Moab for a visit.  Roger and I had been friends for several ye...

A Look Back at the Events of 2002 For Rhonda and I, 2002 contained some of the most difficult and challenging events of our entire time to...

Written July, 2002 Ward Roylance's world travels sharpened his esthetic focus and gave him an intense sensitivity to the natural be...

John Van Dyke was a professor of Art History at Rutgers University. In the summer of 1898 he ventured into the desert for nearly three yea...

Until Our Paths Cross Again... Biographical sketches are certainly not my forte. A person’s life, especially the life of someone as dedi...

One of the most important aspects of my life has been the immense honor of seeing some very special areas of southern Utah with Ward Roylanc...

My first trip into Southern Utah - July, 1986 Written: December 2001 Since first putting up this website it has been my pleasure to help ...