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A wise old owl sat on an oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard;
Why aren't we like that wise old bird?
~Charles M Schulz
Approximately one million people annually come to the Moab area of Utah to visit Arches National Park. About half that number spend another day and experience the nearby Islands in the Sky Area of Canyonlands National Park. The most appealing feature of both these areas is that they offer a wonderful southwestern desert experience with the main attractions being within several hundred yards of a parking area.

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Appealing as these areas may be, they offer little in the way of the desert solitude made famous by Edward Abbey in his famous bookDesert Solitaire. "Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear- the earth remains, slightly modified. The earth remains, and the heartbreaking beauty where there ar...

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