El Viejo Dave pushes on, starting with a new personal intro and some housecleaning & updating on previous episodes. As long promised, here is the followup to the Glowing in the Dark story from Season One. You'll want to hear what Dave finds on

A PLACE TO LAY MY HEAD

Sep 30th, 2022 12m 20s

1. Ba'ililee & The Aneth Brawl of 1907 2. Hanksville 3: The Avikan Utes

THE UTES

Sep 15th, 2022 15m 40s

The Ute Creation Story; Ute Ethnobotony; Coyote; Ute "War" of 1915; The Black Hole Crux Crawl

MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS

Sep 12th, 2022 24m 14s

Blanding Nightlife; The Rise and Fall of the Black Hole Quickie; Wickiup 101; Fry Canyon and Charley Frye; Survival, Really.

A THREE HOUR TOUR

Aug 14th, 2022 23m 7s

1. More Firsts : Revelations from the Parking Lot. 2. Mutiny on Lake Powell: Part II 3. My Parkinson's Update 4. Navajo Ethnobotony Finale

BUNFODDER BREEZES

Aug 9th, 2022 23m 52s

1. Mutiny on Lake Powell, Part I 2. Intro to the Ute Mountain Tribe 3. Navajo Ethnobotony- Cactus

IT'S GREEK TO ME: How Hiking Greek Gorges Led Me to the Colorado Plateau.

Jul 29th, 2022 16m 53s

1. Navajo Ethnobotony: Gambel Oak, Mountain Mahogany, Datura 2. The Two Utes: Mormon Joe 3. The Utes 4. Ouzo-ing Over the Edge

ODE TO TWINKLETOES

Jun 22nd, 2022 22m 29s

1. Dust 2. Navajo Ethnobotony: Utah Serviceberry, Cliffrose, Ponderosa Pine 3. Hogan 101 4. Pet Peeve: Chipping, Chopping, Glueing 5. The Story of Bill Tibbetts 6. The Two Utes

THE SPANISH AND THE NAVAJO.

Jun 12th, 2022 27m 9s

1. Ethnobotony: Indian Paintbrush, Tall Mountain Larkspur, Single Stem Evening Primrose. 2. Pet Peeves: 10 Essentials and Cotton 3. Compass 54 4. The Spanish and the Navajos.

HALF-ASLEEP IN BLANDING

Jun 9th, 2022 19m 35s

1. Navajo Ethnobotony: Utah Juniper, Mormon Tea, Pinon Pine. 2. Barboncito 3. The Merlin bird Identifier App by Cornell Lab of Ornithology 4. Pet Peeve Binge: First Ascents

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE GOMER BILIGAANA

Jun 2nd, 2022 29m 18s

1. Traditional Navajo Healing. 2. Navajo Ethnobotany: Big Sage. 3. Manuelito. 4. The Picture Bird Identifier App. 5. The Navajo Creation Story

CHARACTERS OF BEAR'S EARS

May 24th, 2022 16m

1. Kyle. 2. Heidi 3. The Cloud-a-Day App 4. Kit

CAIRNS & POOP BAGS

May 3rd, 2022 9m 48s

1. Fun in Farmington. The Untimely Demise of Port Stockton. 2. A Tom Wheeler note. 3. Rock ID Review for Smartphone Geologists 4. The Secret Meaning of Cairns, Bolts, and Doggy Poopbags.

JOE WALKER IN CARBON COWNTY: WHITMORE COULD YOU WANT?

Apr 22nd, 2022 16m 18s

1. Outlaw Joe Walker and the Whitmores 2. Tom McCarty 3. The 4-Corners Manhunt of 1997 4. SEEK, the creature and plant identifier phone app.

PLACENAMES OF DOOM

Apr 5th, 2022 9m 31s

1. Ominous placenames. 2. What to do in the 4-C when your climbing or canyoneering or paddling vacation is FUBAR, Part 2.

SINGING THE BLUES.

Mar 25th, 2022 26m 42s

1. Ghost Resort: Blue Mountain Ski Area 2. Skiing the Abajos 3. Avalanches 4. What to Do in the 4-C When Your Vacation Plans Go FUBAR

SO SUWA ME. IT'S NOT MY FAULT.

Mar 14th, 2022 12m 57s

Segments include discussions on monsoon rains, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and the Moab Fault, and some incredibly lame jokes.

WHERE EGOS SOAR

Feb 21st, 2022 15m 1s

1. Freezefest Update 2. The Great Unconformity of Powell 3. Col. John Macomb in the 4-C 4. Get a Guide 5. A Tiny and Incomplete History of Guide Cerification in the U.S.

Comb Ridge and the Easy Writer (Revised 16/2/22)

Feb 17th, 2022 24m 7s

Everything you need to know to get started on this examination of human resilience with podcaster Dave, author of several books on outdoor recreation and disaster response, and with his geographic muse, Comb Ridge of the Bears Ears.

LOVE IN THE SANDSTONE III

Feb 10th, 2022 10m 39s

1. Death Camas and Stinging Nettle. 2. The Wingate sandstone. 3. The Kayenta sandstone. 4. Life and Times of Joseph Christmas Ives and the Colorado steamboat.

LAVA IN THE SANDSTONE: Stories Your Magma Never Told You.

Feb 5th, 2022 18m 19s

A dizzying cornucopia of 4-Corners backcountry trivia: 1. Igneous structures like Shiprock and the laccolith mountains of the Plateau. 2. Toxic plants:poison ivy and datura. 3. Stupid laws of the Southw

LOVE IN THE SANDSTONE II

Jan 29th, 2022 23m 41s

1. The one-minute Quick & Dirty explanation of Navajo Sandstone. 2. Polygamy: WTF, Part II. 3. The Hideout: Navajo Mountain 4. The Demise of Mormon gunslinger Lot Smith.

LOVE IN THE SANDSTONE (Revised)

Jan 21st, 2022 17m 53s

1. Sandstone Structures for 4-Corners Dummies2. Polygamy WTF3. Creation Story: Who Invented the Navajo Taco?4. The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin Johnson5. Porn and Pills in Paradise