Mesa Arch, there and gone.

Mesa Arch 2001

Mesa Arch 2008

Minus the little Mormon Tea fellow that had been waving in the winds at me.

Canyonland’s NP guessed that the Mormon Tea plant’s demise was from high traffic around Mesa Arch.  Mormon Tea also known as Cowboy Tea or Tuttumpin by the Paiute people.  Is a plant from the Ephedra genus.  A settlers brew with a kick.  Native peoples utilized its medicinal properties for stomach disorders, headaches and fevers.  It’s most colorful common name is Whorehouse Tea.

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