Warm Creek Bay

The weekend of 1 Mar 08, I took off for Lake Powell to see if I could find a way to hit the water further up river on the north side of the lake.  I wanted to find a place to launch our kayaks, because I want…

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Swett Canyon

The weekend of 15 Feb 08, Tracy and I headed south.  I was fed up with snow and I wanted to see some bare ground.  We first tried to get to the Hans Flat area of Canyonlands National Park to see if we could get to the…

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Antelope Island

On 10 Feb 08, it had stopped snowing for about 10 minutes, so we headed to Antelope Island to do some hiking.  My golden rule in the winter: if the weather is nice down low, stay down low and enjoy it.  So we went to Antelope and…

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Various Utah Pictures – 2008

These are pictures from around Utah in 2008 that didn’t warrant a full trip report. Bair Canyon, UT – November 23, 2008   Deseret Peak Wilderness, UT – October 24, 2008   Bryce Canyon, UT – October 18, 2008   Causey Reservoir, UT – September 21, 2008…

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Dirty Devil

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…

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Pony Express

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…

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Obed

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…

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Capitol Reef

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…

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Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness

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,…

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Yellowstone

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…

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