Dark Castle: The deserts of southern Utah are wonderful places and the open solitude is enhanced more come evening time. The stark mountains and valleys take on a mystical feel as the shadows lengthen and the light fades. On a recent trip to the Wahweap Hoodoos near Big Water, Utah I arrived late in the evening. After I set up camp and stretched my legs from a long drive, I noticed off across the open desert floor an intriguing dark rugged shape of an outcrop of black rock in the distance. It almost appeared as the jagged remains of an alien spacecraft in the shadows from the setting...