What's in store for July

Next month, we'll go to California's impressive California Redwood forests. We'll walk among giant trees that have been around since, well, for a really ling time. Some of these trees are nearly 2,000 years old, and still going strong. We'll also look over the towns of Arcata and Eureka as side trips and places to go while we're there.

Up north, Denise Zirkle will show us the Seward area, a small town in the Kenai Peninsula about 125 miles south of Anchorage. Seward was named after William H. Seward, who was Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Seward was said to be instrumental with the negotiation and purchase of Alaska from Russia. Seward holds the promise of a rich history to learn about, and a full wilderness to see and photograph.

In This issue we covered Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks. While they offer some spectacular views as rich in geological history as they are in red colors, they are pale by comparison to next month's coverage of Capital Reef National Park. Near the town of Torrey, Utah, this little known park displays rock formations from light pink to deep, rich red, with volcano gray and black. Mixed in with all these rock formations are abundant pinon and juniper forests to bring this area even more color. While we're at Capital Reef, we'll make s short trip to Goblin Valley to show you some plain weird rocks, then over to San Rafael Swell for some out of the way formations, including some Anasazi, Fremont and other Indian petroglyphs and paintings.

We think it will be a good magazine. Check back and see what we have.