This is the first in a series of “Zephyr Interviews” from the past 25 years. Each will offer a revealing look at Moab’s transformation. In the early 1990s, Moab was on the cusp of massive change. Recently, county residents had…
Utah is not like any other state. Some Americans are still not sure Utah is a part of the union, and in its early history, of course, the U.S. Government refused to allow statehood for the land of Deseret. A…
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Zephyr was only in its fourth year of publication when the effects of an already runaway recreation/tourist/amenities industry became a real worry, at least to me. The reality of it was a sobering wake-up call and I…
I grew up in Portland Oregon, and when I was in the fourth grade, 9 years old (1957), my Dad sprung me for a week to go to, of all places, Moab, Utah. To this day, I do not know…
When I was a little squirt, my family would take holiday trips from Los Alamos to St. George. It was a long day’s drive. Punctuated only by a few gas stops with rushed potty breaks. Dad would burn up the…
The Zephyr is honored to present selected images from TOM TILL’s remarkable book, “Then & Now.” Castle Gate, Utah (Click the caption text to enlarge.) Split Mountain Visit Tom Till’s Website. To see the PDF version of this…
In the blink of an eye, summer has left us. The maples are turning red below South Peak, the aspens are on the cusp. The mornings are cold and crisp. The most poignant and melancholy and lovely time of the…
I made my 28th trip to the top of a nearby mountain last month. But who’s counting? I hadn’t missed a year since 1985, and then my own procrastinations and an early snow storm stymied my efforts to make the…
I am in most ways an un-ambitious writer. Even downright lazy. While I’ve contributed to other magazines and periodicals over the years, and finally threw a book together in 2007, I confine most of my scribbling to The Zephyr. Recently,…
NOTE: Bolded passages are those cut out of the final BIKE magazine article. When everything is reduced to the mere counter-balancing of economic interests…when Nature has been so subjugated that she has lost all her original forms, what room will…