On December 4th, I decided to explore the area west and northwest of Cedar City, Utah. It was winter and I was hoping to see more sun and less snow in that part of southern Utah. Unfortunately, everywhere I went there was at least a little snow. I wanted to visit several locations that were […]
Obscure Arches National Park Arches
We were still trying to visit natural arches in Arches National Park and now David and I were going to hike to several in the remote northwest corner of the park. This required driving the Poison Strip/Salt Valley Gorge dirt road that ran just north of the park boundaries. We took a side jeep trail […]
Baked Mud in the Canyons
On October 16th, David and I loaded up my Ford Explorer and headed south to Capital Reef National Park, for a day of hiking the canyons. It was a warm Autumn day and the trees had turned brilliant colors. The old Nielsen Grist Mill between Bicknell and Torey Utah was especially colorful. Capital Reef was […]
Geo-cache or Geo-cash?
It was time to explore some more of the San Rafael Swell. David and I headed to Green River Utah and then headed west on I-70 freeway. When the freeway breaks through the Swell, there is a rest stop on the north side. We stopped and were looking over the edge of the wash when […]
Obscure Arch and a whole lot of shaking ...
Another trip into the San Rafael Swell area. This time David and I are heading to Obscure Arch, a Class B natural arch. The shortest way to the area was down Buckhorn Draw which gave me an opportunity to stop for a while to take a few pictures of the fantastic Indian pictographs located there. […]
Night hiking by car alarm
Back to the north east rim of the San Rafael Swell area for David and I, for a hike up Tower Canyon to Arch Tower Arch. Along the way we past a sandstone slab with small critter footprints laid down a few millennia ago. Interesting. There were several pools of water in the canyon so it […]
Road Trip To Escalante
Though it was August and still too hot to do much hiking in Southern Utah, my brother David and I decided to spend a few days in the Escalante Utah are looking for natural arches. This route allowed us to stop off in the Red Canyon Geological Area long enough to walk up the hill […]
It was August and recent rainstorms had made everything vernal and vibrant. I probably could have spent the day just taking pictures in my backyard garden. Instead, I picked up David in my Ford Explorer and headed for Moab in hopes that it would be somewhat cooler than normal after the rains. It really wasn’t. […]
A Capital Climb Out of Bear Canyon
Somehow, I had this idea that I wanted to see the rest of Spirit Arch that could barely be seen from the bottom of Shinob Canyon in Capital Reef National Park. So David and I loaded up the Explorer and headed to the park. After a few quick pictures of Cassidy Arch in Grand Wash…. […]
The right view at the right time
It was time to load up my Ford Explorer and head to southern Utah again. This time we drove down to the far southeast corner of the state and stayed overnight in Monticello Utah. The next morning we headed west to the entrance to Natural Bridges National Monument and took the dirt road up and […]