The weekend of 28 Dec 07, we headed down to southern Utah to get away from the snow. The plan for Saturday was to hike Straight Wash into the San Rafael Reef. The typical trailhead is off Hwy 24 but I thought I’d try the opposite end…
The weekend of 1 Dec 07, Tracy and I tried to find a trail way out in western Utah, but we ended up getting sidetracked on the Pony Express Trail. We had a good time just wondering around the area and imagining the logistics of the Pony…
Tracy and I went home for Thanksgiving 2007…we decided to try our luck at Thanksgiving since Christmas always seems so wild. Thanksgiving was wild, too, so we’ll probably stick to Christmas. But the weather and season were outstanding. I REALLY love fall back home, and I need…
The weekend of 2 Nov 07, Tracy and I spent our time down in Capitol Reef National Park in south-central Utah. That park is actually pretty nice. There aren’t many people and it’s got several different types of nice canyon hikes. On Saturday we hiked the Burro…
The weekend of 19 Oct 07, Tracy and I decided to head down to the warmth of south-western Utah. I saw a Joshua Tree National Landmark area outside of St. George, and I figured that would be a pretty good place to go. Well, it was cool,…
The long weekend of October 5, 2007, Tracy and I headed up for the last hoorah of the season at Yellowstone before they close all the roads. We planned to backpack to Shoshone Geyser Basin on Sunday night, but it ended up snowing more than forecast on…
The weekend of 29 Sep 07, Tracy and I decided to hike around the Uintas and enjoy the great fall colors. What we got on Saturday, however, was an early season snow storm. Good times. So we hiked about a mile past Fehr Lake and enjoyed the…
The weekend of September 21, 2007, Tracy and I decided to head up to the Tetons. I wanted to hear bugling elk, and I figured the crowds would all be gone. I was wrong. We got to Jackson and the city was packed. We got to the…
Over the Labor Day weekend of August 31, 2007, Tracy and I headed to Roosevelt National Park in north west North Dakota. Of course, everyone warned us that this trip would rank up there with our Arkansas trip a few years ago, but Tracy had never been…
On 25 Aug 07, Tracy and I headed up to the Uintas for a cross country hike to the top of East Granddaddy Mountain above Granddaddy Basin of the Uinta Mountains. This was a really cool hike. The entire hike was above treeline so that made for…
