The Goat’s Blog
Adventure, Travel, Food, Geology, and all things Wild
Hiking and Exploring Grand Falls in Flagstaff
Ubiquitous Lava Flows turn to Thundering Cascades This past weekend provided The Goat an excellent opportunity to explore one of the hidden gems of the Painted Desert, simply known as Grand Falls. Tucked into a canyon carved by the Little Colorado River on Navajo...
#5 Best (Worst) Geology Movie of All-Time
#5. San Andreas Care to see the full rankings? Check this out! Look Mom, an earthquake! Geologic Sin Meter: Apocalyptic Though this meter is obviously subjective and somewhat vague and arbitrary, it does bear some explaining. Basically, the more hyperbole in the...
The #1 Greatest Geology Disaster Movie of All-Time
#1: Tremors Look Mom, weird prehistoric underground monsters! Check out the full rankings here! Geologic Sin Meter: Graboid-Tastic Geologically speaking, this classic goofball sci-fi flick is nearly devoid of sins, although there is a major biological question that...
Top 5 Best (Worst) Geology Disaster Movies of All-Time
Top 5 Best Bad Geology Movies of All-Time One of the greatest (and possibly most irritating) pleasures of being a scientist is the plethora of movies that take something minutely theoretically possible, throw it in a pot with pseudo-science, and create a colossal...
Top 5 Backpacking Trips in Grand Canyon
What are the Best Backpacking Trips in Grand Canyon? Grand Canyon National Park can be a nearly overwhelming place. What do I do? Where should I go? Even for seasoned backpackers, the choices can be endless and exhausting. The Goat has compiled a list especially...
How was The Wave in Arizona Formed?
How was The Wave Formed? Hiking on the Colorado Plateau is a constant game of "how did this get here?" and "why does this look this way?". Everywhere a hiker looks, they are confronted with wild rock formations, howling desert wilderness, and geology on a nearly...
What are Good Hiking Foods?
Food for the Trail, Food For Life We expend quite a lot of energy out on the trail, and all of those calories need to be either front-loaded or replaced. How do we do that? We eat food and drink water. Here, you will find recipes that link with Blue Marble...
What is Geology?
We Like Rocks Though it may seem an arbitrary question, we really cannot delve into anything else, nor even have Blue Marble Adventure GeoTourism, LLC exist without discussing something vital. What actually is geology? By dissecting the Greek roots of the name, we...
Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruption: A Kayak Trip
Catching Class V Here I am, 30km below the Earth’s surface. Patiently waiting, my kayak bobs up and down in a pool of molten magma the size of the state of Maine. I am anticipating the ride of my life, and have been waiting for nearly 600,000 years for the...
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