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The Desert Speaks
Utah's Slick Rock Country
Season 19
Episode 1907
Host David Yetman and his brother, Geologist Dick Yetman, take a geological road trip to Southeastern Utah’s Colorado Plateau. After hiking through an ever-changing slot canyon named Canyon X and the aptly named Kodachrome Basin State Park, they take an eerie trek through Goblin Valley State Park where the mysterious entrada rock sculptures known as “goblins” surround you from all angles.
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