I take my Nissan 4X4 pickup over Elephant Hill in southern Canyonlands National Park. I especially like the area that is so narrow that you are required to back down part of the trail before proceeding forward at the next section. Next time, we hike. On the way out, we gave a ride to a […]

 David and I hike to several obscure arches hidden deep in the canyons. I climb up into one of the arches and discover that the ancient Indians had used the arch overhang for storage. The tops of several pots were showing in one corner. A couple were broken but probably complete and others were still […]

 While hiking in the San Rafael Swell, on our way to Rapter Arch, David and I surprise a “sheep monster”. A domestic sheep had gone wild and avoided being sheared for many years. The wool was so long and strangely that it took us a moment to figure out what we were looking at as […]

 I drive alone into the Dollhouse area of southwestern Canyonlands National Park, the most remote part of the park. From the Hans Flat Ranger Station it was five grueling hours of rocky jeep trail to get into the area. I was sore all over for days after. I set up my tent in one of […]

I take my wife, Nancy, Arch Hunting with me to the Pritchett Canyon area southwest of Moab. While walking up a hill I notice that it was the perfect place to see rattlesnakes. I imagine how neat it would be if I could show my wife a rattlesnake. As I slowly walk forward, scanning the […]