It was nearly the last day of the year and of the century yet we managed to fit in even one more arch hunting trip to southern Utah. David and I drove south of Moab to the Pritchett Canyon road which headed mostly west and then northwest from the highway. We were glad to find […]
Navajo Mountain or Rainbow City?
On November 27th, I took a few days off from work and headed for Page Arizona with David. Our chosen route took us through Kanab Utah. We stopped at the trailhead for Buckskin Gulch which is part of the Paria River Gorge near the Arizona Border. We found that it now requires a $5 permit […]
Temple Arch at Strawberry Point
Saturday, November 13th, David and headed for an area near Cedar City called Strawberry Point. Before heading there, we tried to visit a natural arch near Parowan Utah. However, as I put the Explorer into four-wheel drive in order to drive up a dirt/mud road, a loud banging started in the front-drive system. We had […]
The Otho Retreat
On Saturday, October 30th, David and I headed back to Moab Utah for another attempt to visit Otho Bridge in the North Fork of Mill Creek. This time we drove up to the Sand Flats Recreation Area and paid to enter. We then drove most of the way through the park before heading off to […]
Birthday Hiking
I took Thursday off to celebrate my birthday, which wasn’t really on Thursday. David was between jobs so he didn’t have any commitments to worry about. We jumped in my Ford Explorer and headed for Moab Utah for an enjoyable day in the sun before winter sets in. Once in Moab, we hiked up the […]
Moab Rim Tram
On Saturday, I drove down to Moab with my mountain bike strapped to the back of my vehicle. In Moab. I took the new Moab Rim Tram to the top of the cliffs west of Moab, along with my bike. I attempted to ride my bike down the jeep trail to the southwest into the […]
Race to Horizon
The Fourth of July weekend was coming up and the family wanted to get out. We decided to go camping in the tent trailer at Calf Creek near Escalante Utah. Because this is a popular place (especially on weekends) we left Friday morning and was able to pull into a perfect camping spot by noon. […]
Broken leg
My wife, Nancy, fell and broke her leg while hiking (without me) in southern Canyonlands National Park. She was visiting the area with her parents. The park rangers did a great job getting her safely to the parking area where the paramedics picked her up for an ambulance ride to Monticello. Both right leg bones […]
Leaping for Arches
It was finally Saturday and I wanted to get out of town. David and I jumped in the Explorer and headed for Arches National Park near Moab Utah. Once in the park, we drove the single park road to the Balanced Rock parking area. Just across the road from the parking area is the dirt […]
Arth’s Pasture in Winter
The mild winter gave us the opportunity to visit the Moab area and investigate an area that hid several natural arches. David and I drove down for the day and took the Little Canyon/Gemini Bridges road located between Moab and the Canyonlands National Park – Island-in-the-Sky highway. Once on top of the mesa, we drove […]