Beautiful Places

I'm lucky enough to live in some of the most beautiful country in the world. I get out and enjoy my surroundings as often as possible. I walk a beautiful canyon trail almost every day for my exercise, and we take short road trips once in awhile to enjoy the beautiful National Parks close to our home here in Southern Utah.
No matter where we live, there is some beautiful country near most of us, anywhere in the world. From the posts I see on Twitter, I know most of us have some favorite places we like to drive to and enjoy. Thanks to the many forms of social media, we can share photos of these special places with the rest of the world. I have been to some of the places I see posted on social media, and the memories are made fresh in my mind. The many places I haven't been, the photos I see make me wish I could visit as well.
Life is much too short. We all need to get out and enjoy the beautiful places near us, and as many of the far away places as we can make it to. Get out and enjoy. This is a beautiful world we live in.

On a drive, a few months ago, through the beautiful Zion National Park, near our home in Southern Utah.

This is "Darwin's Garage"

Yes, that's what I call my blog, but there is a real "Darwin's Garage", actually three different garages in the last 37 years. It's one of my favorite places to spend time, keeping my cars clean and detailed, as well as keeping the garage itself neat and clean. As anyone who knows me can tell you, I do keep things pretty clean and organized around here.
In my first garage, about 30 some years ago, I built high performance engines, restored a couple rare muscle cars, and performed mechanical upgrades to my racing cars. A lot of work was performed in that garage.
My second garage was the largest I have had, so far anyway. It was a nice big, heated, three car garage, with epoxy coated floor, and nice big windows. By the time I had that garage, it was more of a detail shop, and not so much mechanical work was being performed. Although I did still do oil changes, tire rotations, and some modifications to my performance cars.
My current garage, here in Southern Utah, is not as big as my last garage, and is mostly used to keep my cars clean and detailed. I perform very little mechanical work these days. It's a nice garage, with finished and painted walls, epoxy coated floor, and decorated with many of my automotive signs and racing treasures. I do greatly enjoy the time I spend out there.
Anyone interested in my automotive history, and past drag racing and street racing experiences, can check out my book at: Grab Some Gears

This is me, enjoying time spent in the real "Darwin's Garage".