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Larkin returns to discuss his experiences as a park ranger in Moab, Utah, including the opening of Utahraptor State Park and exploring hidden arches.

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Larkin returns to Hikes and Mics — two years after his first episode, and 14 months deeper into life as a park ranger. He traded Eastern Washington's basalt columns for the red rock of Moab, Utah, and he's back to catch us up on everything in between. Larkin talks helping open Utahraptor State Park (home to the largest species of raptor dinosaur ever discovered), hunting down hidden arches like Hunter Canyon Arch, and timing a visit to the Solstice Snake petroglyph j...

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