Before the summer got too hot, David and I drove down to the Moab area to spend the day documenting natural arches off of the Short Canyon/Gemini Bridges access road. This dirt trail leaves the Moab highway to the west, before dropping down into the Moab Valley and just after the turn off for Canyonlands […]
Another new arch
Saturday, June 5th, David and I drove south and east to Price Utah and then through nearby Wellington Utah. Near the east end of Wellington is the paved road heading north that took us to the gravel road though Nine Mile Canyon. Nine Mile Canyon is famous for the number of ancient American Indian rock […]
Middle Desert
It was spring time and time to explore the ‘South Desert’ of north Capital Reef National Park. I don’t believe most people realize how large and untouched Capital Reef National park really is. Most visitors only visit the thin ribbon of paved park roads the bisects the middle of the part and for a few […]
Another clear Spring Saturday in Utah. David and I decide on a shorter arch hunting trip. This time we are headed up nearby Diamond Fork just off Spanish Fork Canyon. On the way, we stopped to investigate a small alcove just off the highway. It has always looked suspiciously like a possible natural arch but […]
Spring Training Hike
It was finally Spring in Utah. Time to get our Winter weary backsides back into the desert country of southern Utah. David and I decided to drive down to Capital Reef National Park and finally hike the popular Hickman Natural Bridge trail. This hike was only about 3/4 of a mile though mostly uphill on […]
Too far too early
David and I attempt to hike to a natural arch in Capital Reef’s Spring Canyon. The trailhead begins near Chimney Rock just off the main part road. We take the wrong left turn and find ourselves in a dead end canyon. By the time we get to the correct canyon, we can tell that we […]
Emotional and physical scars
Non-Hiking Trip comment: My two teenage daughters are involved in a serious traffic accident when the pickup truck they are in, runs a red light and t-bones another car. They weren’t wearing seat belts. One daughter had major forehead lacerations clear to the skull plus concussion with bleeding. The other daughter had a concussion plus […]