Quicksand sucks. It sucks on my neoprene booties. We pass several dead and stinking cows who were held by quicksand until they starved, their bones bleaching under the desert sun. When I feel the ...

My husband lays shirt, shorts and boots on the rock. Pink as the sandstone around us, he walks toward the pool of water that blocks our way up this narrow canyon in southern Utah. The pool is about ...

France found that out on Wednesday. In the vast Al Bayt stadium, far in the middle of the desert here, decked like a Bedouin tent with all its traditional tapestry and so many riddles within, the ...

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