Trails of the Richardson Amphitheater
Castleton Tower to Professor Valley | Sunday, March 17, 2024
I was originally planning to spend this weekend south of Green River in the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness, but apparently the weather had other plans for me. While I was at work on Friday I kept a...
Moab Meanderings: Moab Area Rock Art XLII
Saturday & Sunday, March 9-10, 2024
This weekend Diane and I stayed close to home and returned to Moab so we could finish what we had started a couple of weeks ago. We left home early on Saturday morning, grabbed a campsite at the Sand Flats Recreation...
Woodruff Canyon: The Canyons of Trachyte Creek V
Friday & Saturday, March 1-2, 2024
Over the past four years I have been spending one weekend in early March at the foot of the Henry Mountains exploring the Canyons of Trachyte Creek, so this weekend I headed out to hike down Woodruff Canyon...
Moab’s Old Mail Trail: Mill Creek to South Mesa
Moab Meanderings | Saturday & Sunday, February 24-25, 2024
After spending a couple of days searching for rock art along the Pahranagat Trail in Nevada last week, I decided to stay a little closer to home this weekend to spend some time near Moab...
Stories on Stone: Rock Art from the Pahranagat Trail
Presidents Day Weekend | Thursday – Monday, February 15-19, 2024
This year for the Presidents Day holiday weekend I decided to take Friday off from work so I could spend four days exploring and searching for rock art along the Pahranagat...
Moab Meanderings: Moab Area Rock Art XLI
Saturday & Sunday, February 10-11, 2024
On Saturday morning Diane and I left home early and headed over to Moab so we could spend our weekend hiking in canyons and searching for rock art together. Although I have hiked through these same canyons before...
Kane Springs Canyon & Colorado River Corridor Trails
Moab Meanderings | Saturday & Sunday, February 3-4, 2024
This is the first weekend I would be taking my Jeep out again after having the engine repaired last month, and I didn’t want to stray too far from home or get too deep into the...
Drifting Around Indian Creek Country III
Friday – Sunday, January 26-28, 2024
January has kind of been off to a rough start for me and I was really feeling the need to get away for the weekend alone and in a place that I am familiar with and comfortable in; a place that feels like home. So I...
Rim to River: The Grand Canyon & Phantom Ranch
Grand Canyon National Park | Tuesday – Saturday, January 16-20, 2024
After spending a the first part of the week in Petrified Forest National Park we stayed at a hotel in Flagstaff for one night and then drove over to the South Rim of the Grand...
The Painted Desert: Land of Light and Shadow
Homolovi State Park & Petrified Forest National Park
Saturday – Monday, January 13-15, 2024
For about a year now, Diane and I have been making pretty solid plans to spend most of the upcoming week in Grand Canyon National Park. Since we would be...
Lower Palisade Plunge & Palisade Rim Trails
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Well, you could say that 2024 has not started off on the right foot for me! On New Year’s Day I was planning on hiking in the Colorado National Monument to start off the new year right, but when I went to leave early in the...
The Jackson Guard Station at Silver Jack Reservoir
New Years Weekend | Saturday & Sunday, December 30-31, 2023
For the final weekend of 2023 Diane and I headed over to the northern end of the San Juan Mountains near the edge of the Uncompahgre Wilderness so we could snowshoe the road along...
Christmas in Arches 2023
Moab Winter Weekend | Saturday – Monday, December 23-25, 2023
After spending last weekend exploring the sandstone fins on the east side of the Colorado River in the Sand Flats Recreation Area, it was time for me to head over to Arches National Park for the extended...
Moab Meanderings: Sand Flats Recreation Area
Saturday & Sunday, December 16-17, 2023
Since the winter season has arrived in Moab, I decided to return to the Sand Flats Recreation Area this weekend so I could finish hiking the popular Slickrock Bike Trail just outside of town. After watching one...
Five Years Later: Nine Mile Canyon 2023
Saturday & Sunday, December 9-10, 2023
Diane hasn’t been able to join me on a weekend trip for a little while now, so when she got her schedule a few months back and saw that she had this weekend off we made plans to spend some time in one of our favorite...
The Canyons of North Wash II
Butler Canyon & Marinus Canyon | Saturday & Sunday, December 2-3, 2023
This weekend I decided to make my way back down into the Canyons of North Wash so I could continue what I had started last December when I spent a weekend hiking and exploring new-to-me canyons...
Below the Bears Ears: Thanksgiving Weekend 2023
Cedar Mesa Chronicles: Chapter 10 | Thursday – Sunday, November 23-26, 2023
This year for the extended Thanksgiving holiday weekend I returned Below the Bears Ears to the canyons of Cedar Mesa like I typically do at this time of the year, so I...
The Rim Trails at Dead Horse Point State Park
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Although I originally had a different and more local trip planned for this weekend, which I’ll hopefully be able to get back to in early December, the weather forecast made me reconsider those plans on Friday since it was...
Kodachrome Flat: Land of Sand Pipes & Chimneys
Veterans Day Weekend at Kodachrome Basin State Park
Thursday – Sunday, November 9-12, 2023
Kodachrome Basin State Park is a relatively small park located in Southern Utah that is nestled into the rugged canyon country between the White Cliffs and...