The week of August 5, 2007, David and I took a backpacking trip to the Wind River Range in Wyoming. We started at the Elkhart Park trailhead and headed up to Titcomb Basin. I was little apprehensive about hiking this trail, because I was worried that it…
The weekend of 27 Jul 07, Tracy and I tried to climb Handies Peak in Colorado. We drove all the way there with the intent of starting around 3 am on Sunday. We drove around Colorado on Saturday, and then the weather moved in. The entire area…
The weekend of 13 Jul 07, Tracy and I decided to check out the Sawtooth Wilderness in Idaho. We had never been up there, and we figured it was time we checked it out. We hiked the Alice Lake Trail starting from Pettit Lake. We were planning…
The weekend of June 30, 2007, Tracy and I decided to take a road trip to see the Beartooth Highway in northwestern Wyoming. All we can say is, “Wow.” It was really, really nice, and it reminded us there were still things we haven’t seen out west.…
The weekend of 23 Jun 07, Tracy and I backpacked up to Kabell Lake in the High Uintas Wilderness. The trail was only about 5 miles up to the lake with only 1500 feet or so of elevation gain, so it wasn’t too bad. We didn’t see…
The weekend of 9 Jun 07, Tracy and I finally headed out for our first mountain trip of the year. Even though it had actually snowed in the Wasatch a few days earlier, I was sick and tired of winter, and I was bound and determined to…
The week of May 7, 2007, I took my annual trip to Tennessee. I played my dream 24-hour paintball game, and it was great. And then I spent the weekend hiking and visiting friends and family. I hiked in the Bald River Wilderness, as well as on…
The weekend of 27 Apr 07, Tracy and I backpacked Hurricane Wash in Escalante National Monument. This was a really cool hike. The first couple of miles of the hike started in open desert, and we had to take it really slow in the heat. We didn’t…
Crack Canyon is a great non-technical canyon in the San Rafael Swell just outside of Goblin Valley State Park. The weekend of 9 Mar 07, Tracy and I did some hiking here, and it was a great hike. The canyon had some spots that bordered on being…
Over the long President’s Day weekend of February 17, 2007, Tracy and I decided to head back to Yellowstone to try our luck at seeing the wolves again. Since Yellowstone only has one entrance open in the winter, it’s a long seven hour drive from Salt Lake…
