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Looking up through narrowing canyon walls the blue of the sky calls about thoughts of treasure lost deep at sea. As my sandaled feet tread thin water in the bottoms I move through time and find my way through the desert. My footprints cross under the shadows of cottonwoods and looming, desert varnished cliffs. And just as they should be they are lost to the moving spring water. 
The desert has long been home to my deepest thoughts and refuge for my aching heart. As I wake in by bed at home I see sun scorched rocks and distant plateaus. In my minds eye I look to the passing clouds over the red stone of canyon country to start my day. These wild places are where I enjoy the peace of my own life. It takes away the pressing social interference of a civilized life.
Imagine the voice of the most beautiful woman you’ve ever known and you’ll hear the voice that comes to me on the wind. Everything is bright and laid out before me and I am left with my thoughts, the ones that matter. I don’t have to be anywhere else. I’m in no hurry. While the juxtapose of a traffic light frustrates me, being stranded at a spring in a desert under the Escalante sun is a welcome adventure.
Imagine a place that brings you comfort in the most terrible of circumstances or even escape from the mundane social existence that we all live and you will have this place. These wild places where the only access is on foot. There are places like this that are protected from industrial development. Places like this are subject to become endangered, or even decimated. It seems that an area can qualify for wilderness protection or “other multiple public uses.” Please take a look at this article published in the High Country News.
I’ve taken time to join the efforts of SUWA and the Sierra Club because I don’t want to lose the places that are real and also part of my dreams. Wild places cannot be wild if they are sectioned off to the neighboring coal mine or power plant. Please help protect the wilderness.
While many think that organizations like this are for the granola’s and hipsters of society, take a look at what the Sierra Club is doing. You’ll find that they’re moving people to take action against air pollution in densely populated areas. If you live in Salt Lake City, or even along the Wasatch Front please take a moment to consider the level of toxins you take in with each breath simply due to the proximity of oil refineries and the Kennecot super-smoke stack.
