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by Randy WaltripDiscover a world of marvels and magic just beyond your doorstep with longtime park ranger Randy Waltrip
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Our Native Sun
23/09/2007
The earth laughs in flowers, Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, and if that is true, then the subject of this episode of Natural Wonders must be a hearty guffaw, because it is big and brazen and resoundingly jolly. You see it almost everywhere at the right time of the year, and the right time of the year happens to be right now. So sit back and enjoy my tribute to a very special flower, a tribute I call Our Native Sun.
Notes From The Canyon....The Rim Walk
06/09/2007
I went home this summer. For a few precious days I went back to the Grand Canyon, back to that marvelous land of rock and wonder, and I brought my trusty digital tape recorder with me. Join me, in this first episode of "Notes From The Canyon", as I tramp along the very edge of this celebrated chasm along one of the most spectacular stretches of rim trail in the park.
A Vagabond For Beauty
26/06/2007
He was a strange young man, wandering for months at a time with only his two burros and a few supplies, wandering through country as remote and unforgiving as it was spectacular, and when he disappeared he disappeared so completely his body and belongings have never been found. Yet Everett Ruess left us more than a mystery, and he has become an inspiration to nature lovers everywhere. Find out why....in this episode of Natural Wonders. (Tagwords: Esclante, Utah, Arizona, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Rita Cantu.)
The Amazing Fred
08/05/2007
One of the quintessential ideas behind this podcast - its beating heart, really - is that the wonders of the natural world are all around us, even if we tend to overlook them in the rustle and the hustle and the bustle of our busy lives. Well, that is certainly the case with the subject of this episode of Natural Wonders. We don't just overlook them; ofttimes, we unabashedly abhor them. But there is much to wonder at in these pesky, little neighbors of ours, as I think you'll agree after you meet.....The Amazing Fred.
The Lion In Your Lap
06/04/2007
Do you have a cat? If you do, you've got plenty of company; according to recent estimates, more than 60 million households in the United States own cats. Few cat owners, though, realize how the destinies of cats and people became so entwined......and what a long and fascinating history the domesticated cat has. I'll be talking about that....in this episode of Natural Wonders called The Lion In Your Lap.
