From the Heartland to the Red Rocks: A Journey from Minnesota to Canyonlands
CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK by Naimul Karim (originally posted on naimul.net ) Two years and 10 days. That many days since our last road trip to a national park ( Yellowstone National Park ). It might as well have been eons. In between lies a chasm, or a dividing line, between BC and AC (Before Covid and After Covid) separating two different worlds. As if that were not enough, Ukraine happened shortly before our trip. It missed the Ides of March by just three weeks. But it will be no less a pivotal moment in world history than the Ides of March was for Roman history. It is no exaggeration to recall comrade Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov’s quote (better known as Lenin): “ There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen ”. With these weighty thoughts off my chest, let’s go to Canyonlands National Park in Utah! Our trip took us across Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado. It was a pleasant drive, unencumbered by heavy traffic or toll roads, stretching through wi