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 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. …
On July 30, 2006, Tracy and I hiked the White Pine Lake trail near the Mount Naomi Wilderness in northern Utah. The trailhead at Tony Grove Lake was a little crowded, and you have to pay $3 to park at the trailhead, but we had made the…
On May 13, 2006, Tracy and I finally made it to the Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. We had been in the Monument a few times, but we hadn’t done any real hiking there. So we decided to hit the REALLY narrow slot canyons of Spooky…
On April 29, 2006, Tracy and I hiked the Grand Gulch Trail in south-eastern Utah. The trail is on BLM land near Natural Bridges National Monument. We started at the ranger station, where you have to pay $2 per person, and hiked down the Kane Gulch Trail…