The weekend of October 10, 2008, Jessica and David came to visit from Ohio. Jessica had been to the Tetons twice, but she always managed to come when it was snowing on the mountains, and she still had not actually seen the Teton range. I tried to…
Tracy and I hiked a little around Logan Canyon on 5 Oct 08. We wanted to see some good fall colors, and Logan Canyon never disappoints this time of year. We didn’t do any significant hiking…we just hiked a couple of short trails to get out into…
The weekend of September 26, 2008, Tracy and I headed to the Tetons for our annual trip to hear elk bugling. We heard elk, but this year we had more interesting experiences with moose. On Saturday we drove around outside the park to look for fall colors.…
Woo hoo! The weekend of August 22, 2008, Tracy and I finally summited our first 14er. We climbed the 14,048 foot Handies Peak outside of Lake City, CO. We drove to the mountain on Friday night and camped just down the road from the trailhead. We then…
The weekend of 19 Jul 08, Tracy and I headed over to the Highline Trail on the east side of the Uintas. I wanted to get above tree line and I wanted to get away from the mosquitoes. Well, we got above tree line, but the mosquitoes…
On 28 Jun 08, Tracy and I did a long dayhike up to Grandaddy Lakes in the Uintas. We did some cross-country hiking to Marsell Lake, which was nice. We couldn’t get down to Marsell Lake because it was too steep where we came up on the…
The week of May 27, 2008, I headed to Tennessee for a few days of relaxation. While at home I hiked out to Hill Cave at Norris Lake, I hiked at the Obed River with James, I hiked the South Fork Citico Trail with David, played some…
Somehow I actually managed to convince my aerophobic dad to get on a plane and make his first trip to the Rocky Mountains. Actually, I bribed him: I bought him a plane ticket and told him it was his chance to show me how good he was…
Twice a year several of the roads in Yellowstone are open only to bicycles. In April, after they close the roads to snowmobiles to begin plowing the roads, and before they open the roads to cars, you can ride a bike on several of the roads in…
The weekend of 28 Mar 08, Tracy and I headed down to Bullfrog Marina on Lake Powell to do some kayaking. Now, we could have rented two sea kayaks at REI in Salt Lake, but I figured it would be easier to rent them at the marina…
