The Desert

This past weekend I spent three days in Moab, Utah conducting interviews for the project and frankly enjoying the desert. I made great progress gathering contacts by visiting the Times-Independent headquarters. This is the paper that I have been doing most of my research on. I have read about 200 of the papers so getting to see where they are created was a real treat. My friend, a Moab local, gave me the name of a person who worked there and so I walked in and asked for him. It turned out that Zane Taylor was the publisher of the newspaper and a great help to me. He took me on a tour of the facilities and is now working with me to put together a list of contacts that I will use to conduct more interviews. The hospitality of the Moab people did not stop there however, another one of my friends contacts a woman by the name of Maggie was extremely kind to us when I called and asked if we could borrow a climbing rope. She took my friends and I climbing at some great spots and gave us her gear while she was at work. Below are some pictures I took on this trip.

During my tour of the Time-Independent I got to see some old school printing machinery. 

And the new stuff...

Every newspaper from the last year. 

Newspaper from the 1890's 

We got to have some fun climbing...

And going to the farmers market. 

A desert Oasis

Balanced Rock.

A desert Rainbow

Sunsets

and of course more climbing!

I am looking forward to my next trip to Moab in two weeks. I am going to be doing even more interviews and exploring the natural beauty in the area. Look for some major updates coming soon!