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A moonlit arch over Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. Bob Wick / BLM (CC0)
Where do you go if you want to see dinosaur footprints, ancient rock art and remote desert wilderness? There's no better place than the Grand Staircase-Escalanate National Monument in southern Utah. Steve and Anne spent an afternoon exploring this area with nature guide Nate Waggoner - and they came away with a new appreciation of deep time.