Reading for the Grand Canyon and southern Utah
19:55
I'm planning a trip out to the Grand Canyon and southern Utah later this spring. The last time I've been to the Grand Canyon was 2004; the last time to southern Utah was 2015, and also 2004 as part of that Grand Canyon trip. Those were different trips than this one. Back then I had a tent, a sleeping bag, a backpack, and dirtbag-adjacent tendencies. Those Were The Days, etc.
Now is a slightly different scenario. I offer no judgment about whether it's better or worse. It is. I am. We are.
But that's not even the point—to compare this with that, then with now. I've passed over the hill. Of all the discomforts to experience, the break of the Current Self with the Past Self isn't even a main concern anymore.
The point is: I like to read before and during a trip. Bonus points to read about the deep time native people who lived and walked where I will be briefly living and walking.
So, for a trip that loops around from Phoenix to Grand Canyon to Bryce Canyon and then exits out of Las Vegas, here are the books I've tracked down so far: