Plein Air Public Lands: Day 13

Plein Air Public Lands: Day 13 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Rotary Park, Moab Utah The day of our second educational event! The night before, both Rex and I had intimidating visions of large crowds of participants, all noisy and needing a few quiet down attempts before...

Plein Air Public Lands: Day 12

Plein Air Public Lands: Day 12 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp August 23, 2017: Moab There is a severe beauty of this intense landscape, an otherworldly quiet, with almost a passive harshness. The first plein air of the day started at the noontime hour. We again set up...

Plein Air Public Lands: Day 11

Plein Air Public Lands: Day 11 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Upper Onion Creek Last night was our first time camping in paid camping grounds. We often opt for a dispersed camp spot on public lands (usually BLM or Forest Service managed land), which means an area off a...

Plein Air Public Lands: Day 10

Plein Air Public Lands: Day 10 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Solar Eclipse The bull greeted us this morning. He was up early for the continental breakfast of sweetgrass and complaint around the truck. A bit cranky in the early morning hour, he huffed and snorted. Perhaps...

Plein Air Public Lands: Day 9

Plein Air Public Lands: Day 9 By: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp Castle Valley and Manti-La Sal National Forest Dave’s Syndrome kicked in today. And it was nasty. We didn’t set up to plein air until the hottest part of the day. I began to realize that my body had a very...