The quiet popular place
November, with its fewer daylight hours and people, makes about the perfect time to backpacking a well-known loop. Read More …
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Mountains and Desert
Desert to mountains back again. Read More …
Fall splendor in the Tushars
Spending some time in the Tushar mountains as we enjoy the last bit of high country fall color. Read More …
Desert Gathering
Catching up with some friends in the desert. Read More …
At a favorite place
Introducing some friends to the La Sal Mountains. Read More …
A Pando-rific weekend
Spending some time in the Fish Lake area. Camping near Pando and hiking the Lake Shore Trail ended up among the highlights. Read More …
Site steward volunteering
After a pause due to COVID in 2020, Joan and I completed our site steward training and received our site assignment at Fremont Indian State Park and Museum.0 Read More …
In between the lightning
Wildflowers, butterflies, and mushrooms in our backyard mountains. Read More …
Checking in with a friend
A quick overnighter in our local peaks. I roamed around the other portion that did not suffer fire damage. Read More …
Into the Abajos
Escaping the fires, smoke, and heat by going to the Abajo Mountains. Read More …
Into the La Sals
Escaping the desert heat by hiking in our backyard mountains. Read More …
Dinosaur Nat’l Monument – With the Boulder Clan
First time seeing some friends since pre-COVID! A long weekend of hiking and camping in Dinosaur National Monument. Read More …
Birthday Bash – Desert to Mountains
A few days backpacking with friends and then spending the rest of the weekend hiking and camping with Joan. Two different environments but two enjoyable times. Read More …
Poking around Price
A mellow weekend of camping and hiking north of us in a quiet area. Read More …
Above the desert floor
When the weather warms up we escape the desert floor and backpack among the ponderosas, maples, the occasional Doug fir, and lots of wildflowers. Read More …
Green River Badlands
A packrafting trip to a quiet and more subtle part of the Green River but one we found just as striking. Read More …
Paddling down the Green
An overnight packrafting trip involving a full day’s paddle and two obscure canyon hikes. Read More …
Canyons less traveled
Another weekend spent at the bottom of a canyon. Read More …