Residing in the southwest I have been fortunate enough to be able to take the time and explore areas out my back door that other families have saved years for just to be able to afford the opportunity. I have been raised with an appreciation of the outdoors and have always taken the time to understand and explore the world around me. Since my early years I have had the opportunity to share the experiences of National Parks, Wilderness Areas, State Parks and other areas of historical interest. I have had the opportunity to explore the archaeological ruins of the Native American cultures that existed from about 1200 BC and experienced the silent remains of ghost towns left by early pioneers settling this country. I have also been fortunate enough to come across the signs and signatures of this earth’s past inhabitants, presented to us in the form of archaeological ruins or traces of paleontology. Dinosaur tracks left millions of years ago, petrified remains of both plant and animal,