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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Alaska

In June 2005, Tracy and I went to Alaska. This was definitely one of those epic trips. We were there for two and a half weeks from June 17th to July 4th. When we first arrived in Anchorage, we took a bus down to Seward. From there…

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Middle-East

These are pictures from various trips I took to the Middle-East for work. The following are some pictures from a trip I took in March 2005 to the Middle East. I went to three military bases throughout Iraq. The most interesting thing from this trip was that…

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Flint Rock

In October 2004, we decided to go check out our old college stomping grounds in north-east Tennessee, and hiked up on Holston Mountain to the Flint Rock overlook to try to see the fall colors around Holston Lake.  I had hiked to this overlook in the fall…

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Panthertown Valley

In October 2004, David and I headed up to Panthertown for a day hike.  I really wanted to hike up to Cold Mountain.  I had never been to the Devil’s Elbow side of Panthertown, nor had I been up Cold Mountain.  Well, we made it to Devil’s…

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Boundary Waters

Here are some pictures from a vacation we took to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota in August 2004. This was a five day canoe trip through Boundary Waters. We started at Island River, went down to the Isabella River, paddled across Bald Eagle Lake…

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Middle Prong Wilderness

In July 2004, Tracy and I hiked in the Middle Prong Wilderness of North Carolina.  It was a great hike…even though we began to suspect that it always rains in the Middle Prong.  We again camped up on a bald in the wilderness, and we just had…

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