Yellowstone

The weekend of March 11, 2006, Tracy and I decided to make a trip to see Yellowstone in the winter. I have been wanting to go for a long time, but it’s really hard to get up there in the winter because the north entrance in Gardiner,…

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Sonoran Desert National Monument

In early January 2006, it occurred to me that I had never seen real cacti. So I did some research to find out where “real” cacti were, and it seemed they were called saguaro, and they could be found in southern Arizona. After looking at a map…

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Various Utah Pictures – 2006

These are various pictures from around Utah in 2006 that didn’t warrant a full trip report. Log Hollow, UT – December 16, 2006   Steam Mill Canyon, UT – October 1, 2006   Highline, UT – September 16, 2006   Causey Reservoir, UT – September 14, 2006…

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Grand Canyon

Over the 2006 New Year’s weekend we took a road trip down to the Grand Canyon National Park and Zion National Park. We also made a stop over at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. This was the first time to the Grand Canyon for both of…

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Southeastern Utah

This was one heck of a whirlwind tour of south-eastern Utah. Over the Thanksgiving weekend of November 2005, Tracy and I took a long road trip that hit the following locations: Green River State Park, Goblin Valley State Park, Valley of the Gods, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal…

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Craters of the Moon

In November 2005, Tracy, Jessica, and I went to Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, and then we drove through the Grand Teton National park in Wyoming. Craters of the Moon was pretty cool. It’s a small park, but it has some really strange geography.…

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Bryce Canyon

In October 2005, Tracy and ventured down to south-western Utah. We had never been down that way, so we pretty much just made a weekend driving trip out of it. We first went to Zion National Park, but it was still pretty crowded and they were still…

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Tom’s Canyon

We hiked to Tom’s Canyon in the Deep Creek Mountains of western Utah on the weekend of 10 Sep 05.  This was a nice BLM wilderness study area south of Wendover, NV. There was nobody else out that weekend, so we had the place to ourselves.  It…

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Various Utah Pictures – 2005

These are various pictures from 2005 hikes that didn’t warrant individual trip reports. Granddaddy Lakes, UT – October 1, 2005   Hades Pass, UT – September 17, 2005   Tom’s Canyon, UT – September 10, 2005   Just arrived – August 2005

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