Nevada state park offers otherworldly views
CR Rae
Gorge Canyon State Park in Nevada is known for its abundance of slot canyons. The walls are buff-colored and change to deeper colors as the sun moves, allowing for different scenic views throughout a day. The siltstone canyons and cathedral-like spires have resulted from events occurring tens of millions of years ago. This park has many hidden treasures, great walking trails that take visitors into the middle of the spires and caves to explore.
Alongside its natural beauty, the gorge has a deep history of early pioneers from the late 1800s. During the 1920s, once people owned automobiles, they came to explore this unique area. It became a state park in 1935 and the Civilian Conservation Corps over time built stone fire pits, a shade ramada and picnicking facilities.
Melissa Crawley
More Content Now USA TODAY NETWORK
A misstep tests a couple’s relationship, African American visual artists are recognized and a crusader for justice is reimagined for a new audience.
Dispatches: Weekly TV news
NBC is rebooting the classic sitcom “Kate and Allie.” The updated series is about two best friends who are raising their children together in one household. Erica Oyama will write and executive produce. The original show aired on CBS for six seasons.
ABC gave a pilot order to “Once Upon a Time” creators, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, who are developing a potential new series called “Epic.” It’s described as a romantic anthology that reinvents fairy tales.
Ed Symkus
More Content Now USA TODAY NETWORK
Fans of “The Matrix” trilogy will recognize, early on, that there are some similarities between those films and “Bliss.” Both are about certain people having choices of living in two different existences. Both involve ingesting special drugs to go from one “place” to the other. Both feature a protagonist who can’t figure out what’s going on, then eventually becomes comfortable with his state of affairs.
But the differences between “The Matrixes” and this one are more significant. They are violent, action-filled science fiction-horror films; this is an emotion-filled, multi-leveled fantasy. There’s one other parallel: Neither of them is easy to explain. Here’s my attempt with “Bliss.”