Over the long Thanksgiving weekend in November 2006, Tracy and I took a kayaking trip to Lake Powell. This was an incredible trip. Even though it was the end of November, the day-time highs were in the mid-60s. We rented two sea kayaks from REI in Salt…
This was a nice weekend of falling in love with the Utah desert. The weekend of 11 Nov 06 was a three day weekend, so I headed down to southern Utah to do some good canyoneering. I went Thursday night by myself and camped just outside of…
On October 20, 2006, we took a hike up to Starlight Rock on the Cumberland Trail. This is a nice hike with some good views. [mapsmarker marker=”84″]
On October 18, 2006, David and I took a hike to Flint Rock. This viewpoint overlooks the South Holston Lake, and is really pretty in the fall. The hike is fairly flat and well worth the effort. [mapsmarker marker=”85″]
On 15 Oct 06, several of us went hiking to Hangover in the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Creek Wilderness in North Carolina. We started at the Wolf Laurel trailhead, and had a great hike up to Hangover. I was looking for some good fall colors, and even though we…
The weekend of October 6, 2006, Tracy, Jessica, and I went to Yellowstone. Jessica had never been, so when she came to visit we figured that would be a good place to take her. We also planned on taking her to the Tetons since the last time…
Looking for some great fall colors, on 30 Sep 06, Tracy and I hiked the Row Bench trail just outside of Heber City. This trail had lots of aspen, and we didn’t see one person in 7.5 miles of hiking, even though the trail is right off…
The Ruby Mountains Wilderness in Nevada is less than four hours from Salt Lake, and I had seen some pictures of the mountains that looked really nice. So on the weekend of 22 Sep 06, Tracy and I headed to the Ruby Mountains to check them out. …
Tracy and I went on vacation the week of August 20, 2006. We had a round-robin road-trip planned that would end up putting over 3000 miles on Tracy’s car in one week. We left on Friday after work and drove to Ontario, Oregon, for the night. That…
I had a co-worker visiting Utah from Portland, so I convinced him to let me take him on an overnighter in the Uintas. So on August 5, 2006, he and I went backpacking at Granddaddy Lake in the High Uintas Wilderness of northern Utah. Being from sea…
