The weekend of August 1, 2008, Tracy and I headed to the Flat Tops Wilderness in Colorado for a three day hiking trip. We were originally going to hike in the Winds, but the snow still looked iffy, so then we decided to do the Beartooths, but…
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…
Over the long weekend of July 4, 2008, Chris and Stacia flew in from Seattle and we all four went to the Tetons and Yellowstone for the weekend. The Tetons were pretty crowded, so we camped Friday night just outside of the south entrance of Yellowstone. Saturday…
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 weekend of 21 Jun 08, Tracy and I headed back to hike the Stillwater Creek Trail in the Uintas. We had checked out the trail the weekend before and we were pretty sure this trail was mostly snow-free. This winter was a bad one and 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…
Number 50! Woo hoo! From March 8-16, 2008, Tracy and I went to the Big Island of Hawaii, and I finally checked the last state off my list! This completed a 13 year competition between Tracy and me, and I finally beat her…by one state! Now that…
