Love the cartoon. During my college days in Tucson in the 1970’s I read a lot of Ed Abbey’s books. To this day, his Desert Solitaire remains in my memory and enhanced my love of the desert and the canyon lands of southern Utah.
I hiked the slot canyons and climbed down slickrock outcrops with a hiking group out of Tucson and shared slideshows with them once a month. The highlight was rafting in the Grand Canyon before permits became almost impossible to obtain for private groups. However it was too late to enjoy the splendor of the now submerged Glen Canyon area.
What about my $500,000 House Boat? /s