Photo of the Week
Apricot blossoms in mid-March are evidence of the warm, dry and clear winter season. The snow pack at Camp Jackson, which generally peaks at this time of the year, is completely gone. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record....
Surreal beauty at Lake Powell. The lake is on pace for its fifth worst runoff on record according to the National Weather Service’s Colorado Basin Forecast Center. The center projects the lake to receive 2.3 million acre-feet of water which would be 36-percent of normal. The lake is currently at 25...
“That’s probably far enough,” my hubby said, braking as we peered down the steep Eagle Canyon road. Our Jeep Patriot didn’t have high clearance, and its tires were worn, so Ted backed up and parked. “Do you want to go for a walk?”
“Sure.” I opened the door and stepped onto the tawny-colored road....
The winter sun captures the beautiful red sandstone buttes of the east Bears Ear. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. Email your entries to news@sjrnews.com. In addition, you can see more entries into our contest at the...
Sandstone buttes jut through low lying clouds near Monument Valley. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. Email your entries to news@sjrnews.com. In addition, you can see more entries into our contest at the San Juan...
Snow falls in the Abajos. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. Email your entries to news@sjrnews.com. In addition, you can see more entries into our contest at the San Juan Record website at www.sjrnews.com or on...
A beautiful splash of color at the Bluff Balloon Festival, which was held on January 16, 17 and 18.. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. Email your entries to news@sjrnews.com. In addition, you can see more entries...
A remarkable aerial photo of Highway 163 as it snakes through Comb Ridge and drops into Comb Wash. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. Email your entries to news@sjrnews.com. In addition, you can see more entries into...
Winter scenes finally arrive in San Juan County, including a dramatic shot of the towering La Sal Mountains. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. Email your entries to news@sjrnews.com. In addition, you can see more...
by Rob Adams
Contributing writer
On August 17, 1875, it had been three days since any of the 13 men of the Hayden Survey Party assigned to map southeast Utah had felt the trickle of clear water over their parched tongues.
The only thing they’d had to drink was so alkaline or muddy that they could...
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