These are pictures from around Utah in 2007 that didn’t warrant a full trip report. Lost Creek and Antelope Island, UT – December 22, 2007 Stillwater Reservoir, UT – September 15, 2007 Crescent Lake, UT – August 19, 2007 Canyonlands, UT – August 11,…
Over the long Thanksgiving weekend in November 2006, Tracy and I took a kayaking trip to Lake Powell. This was an incredible trip. Even though it was the end of November, the day-time highs were in the mid-60s. We rented two sea kayaks from REI in Salt…
This was a nice weekend of falling in love with the Utah desert. The weekend of 11 Nov 06 was a three day weekend, so I headed down to southern Utah to do some good canyoneering. I went Thursday night by myself and camped just outside of…
The Ruby Mountains Wilderness in Nevada is less than four hours from Salt Lake, and I had seen some pictures of the mountains that looked really nice. So on the weekend of 22 Sep 06, Tracy and I headed to the Ruby Mountains to check them out. …
On May 13, 2006, Tracy and I finally made it to the Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. We had been in the Monument a few times, but we hadn’t done any real hiking there. So we decided to hit the REALLY narrow slot canyons of Spooky…
On April 29, 2006, Tracy and I hiked the Grand Gulch Trail in south-eastern Utah. The trail is on BLM land near Natural Bridges National Monument. We started at the ranger station, where you have to pay $2 per person, and hiked down the Kane Gulch Trail…
On April 15, 2006, Tracy and I headed to Cat Canyon in western Utah, just south of Delta. Having learned our lesson about early spring hikes in the Uintas, we decided to head to the desert mountains. I had read that mountain lions frequented this area, so…
During the week of March 20, 2006, Chris and I took a kayaking trip to Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near Page, AZ. We rented two sea kayaks on Monday in Page and then headed out to the lake. We ended up putting…
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…
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…
