I recently returned from a five-day trip to Moab and Canyonlands National Park with my brother-in-law Tim, where I dictated many chapters in The Key to Creation.  All photos by T. Durren Jones.

Airport Tower from Island in the Sky Mesa

Descending the Lathrop Trail off Island in the Sky

Nearing the White Rim Road

View from the trail, Canyonlands National Park

Back in the snow atop the mesa

Evening fog rolls in between Monitor and Merrimack Buttes

Slickrock hiking in Needles District, Canyonlands NP

Lost Canyon, Needles Dist.

Crossing a slickrock ridge leading out of Lost Canyon.

Next morning, fog and snow at the lodge

Castle Tower.  Tim and I climbed up to the base of the spire. This is the rock Tom Cruise was climbing at the beginning of Mission: Impossible 2.