The weekend of September 28, 2012, we made our annual fall trip to the Tetons to see the elk bugling. For four straight years we didn’t see any elk bugling…we didn’t even see any elk this time. I think we’re going to have to rethink this annual…
On August 23, 2012, Tracy and I had planned to take a three day weekend to hike a 14er in Colorado. However, Tracy was pretty shot from the weekend before at Spider Lake, and I had a long trip planned for the next weekend, so we decided…
On 14 Jul 12, we headed to West Fork Blacks Fork for a flat backpack for Tracy’s healing ankle. Somehow we had never hiked here, and this trail was really, really pretty. The forecast was calling for rain and cold, but we decided we would try it…
The weekend of June 23, 2012, Tracy and I went to check out the road over Union Pass in Wyoming. Somehow we had never been up this road, so I really wanted to check it out. The ranger station told us there was still an impassable snow…
The long weekend of January 13, 2012, Tracy and I made a trip up to Yellowstone. We’ve just about decided that we don’t like making the really long drive up there in the winter, but I had gotten a new spotting scope for Christmas, and I wanted…
These are photos from weekends in 2012 that I just didn’t think warranted their own trip report, but I still wanted to share the pictures. Fall in the Uintas, UT – September 22, 2012 McCoy Park, UT – September 7, 2012 Popo Agie Wilderness, WY…
From Nov 4-14, 2011, I took a trip home to Tennessee. I’ve been trying to hike other places besides Norris Lake when I go home because that’s where I always go. But it’s so nice in the fall, that I just can’t help it, so I hiked…
The Maze District of Canyonlands is guarded by rough and long four wheel drive roads. But the remoteness and beauty make it worth every bit of the effort.
The weekend of September 16, 2011, my parents came out west for their first-ever trip to the Rocky Mountains. Knowing they had never been here, Tracy and I had worked on what we hoped would be a really good trip. After work on Friday, we took the…
The weekend of 19 Aug 11, Tracy and I drove to Leadville, CO, to hike the 14,421 foot Mt. Massive. We stopped in Rifle, CO, on Friday night, and then drove over Hagerman Pass to take the scenic route to Leadville. Hagerman Pass was really pretty. The…
