Southeastern Utah

This was one heck of a whirlwind tour of south-eastern Utah. Over the Thanksgiving weekend of November 2005, Tracy and I took a long road trip that hit the following locations: Green River State Park, Goblin Valley State Park, Valley of the Gods, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal…

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Craters of the Moon

In November 2005, Tracy, Jessica, and I went to Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, and then we drove through the Grand Teton National park in Wyoming. Craters of the Moon was pretty cool. It’s a small park, but it has some really strange geography.…

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Long Park

On October 22, 2005, Tracy and I hiked up to Long Park on the Swassey Hole Trail from the Center Park trailhead in the High Uintas Wilderness.  We planned on hiking to Swasey Hole and the lakes there, but when we got to Long Park we just…

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Bryce Canyon

In October 2005, Tracy and ventured down to south-western Utah. We had never been down that way, so we pretty much just made a weekend driving trip out of it. We first went to Zion National Park, but it was still pretty crowded and they were still…

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Tom’s Canyon

We hiked to Tom’s Canyon in the Deep Creek Mountains of western Utah on the weekend of 10 Sep 05.  This was a nice BLM wilderness study area south of Wendover, NV. There was nobody else out that weekend, so we had the place to ourselves.  It…

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Various Utah Pictures – 2005

These are various pictures from 2005 hikes that didn’t warrant individual trip reports. Granddaddy Lakes, UT – October 1, 2005   Hades Pass, UT – September 17, 2005   Tom’s Canyon, UT – September 10, 2005   Just arrived – August 2005

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Alaska

In June 2005, Tracy and I went to Alaska. This was definitely one of those epic trips. We were there for two and a half weeks from June 17th to July 4th. When we first arrived in Anchorage, we took a bus down to Seward. From there…

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Paintball Tournament Photos

For several years we played paintball tournaments throughout the south-east, primarily in the Mid-South Paintball Association (MSPA), under the team name Tempest.  These are photos from several of those tournaments. June 2005 Red River, TN, October 2004 Nashville, August 2004 Birmingham, AL, July 2004 Crossville, TN, June…

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Middle-East

These are pictures from various trips I took to the Middle-East for work. The following are some pictures from a trip I took in March 2005 to the Middle East. I went to three military bases throughout Iraq. The most interesting thing from this trip was that…

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