Winter arrived in northern Utah before Thanksgiving leaving 8 inches of snow on the ground and even more the further north you looked. By the first week of December, Fall like weather had returned and most of the snow had melted. What I desired was to see the sun. By Saturday December 4th, my brother […]

Saturday morning found brother David and I heading for the southeast side of the San Rafael Swell in my Ford Explorer. We parked just a few miles north of Goblin Valley State Park and began hiking to the southwest, up the white sandstone layer that defines the edge of the Swell. We were looking for […]

Here in Utah, the weather at this time of year fluctuates between pleasant and warm fall days to extreme winter days. Since the temperatures in the San Rafael Swell area were going to be in the high 60’s or low 70’s, it sounded like a good chance to squeeze in yet one more Saturday trip […]

The weather forecast for Saturday had a storm moving in late in the day, mostly affecting the Wasatch Front and northern Utah. (We had awaken to several inches of snow just a few days ago but it had turned warm again.) I talked David into taking a chance on good weather in the San Rafael […]

Wednesday was my birthday and keeping with tradition (at least my tradition), I took the day off so I could spend the day hiking solo somewhere in southern or central Utah. For the last couple of years, I have been using Google Earth on the internet to look for interesting areas of Utah to explore. […]

Thursday evening after work, I loaded my wife, along with my oldest daughter, into our Ford car (yes, I do own a car) and drove east to Vernal Utah and then north to the family cabin near Grizzly Ridge and Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The next morning we had a leisurely breakfast before taking a drive to […]

After a long week of state wide rain storms, the weather cleared up for the weekend. That seemed to be an invitation that we couldn’t ignore. We just needed a destination that would be dry enough to explore without slopping through mud. That eliminated most canyons and most ATV rides. So Saturday morning, brother David […]

Saturday morning found my brother and I headed for the San Rafael Swell area in my Ford Explorer and pulling the ATVs trailer. We were heading for the Middle Desert area south of Moore Utah, northeast of Capital Reef National Park. We unloaded the ATVs south of the I70 freeway and headed south on the […]

Sunday after noon, my wife and I took a leisurely drive up the Mount Nebo Loop Road from the Payson Utah side. My youngest daughter had been warning us that we were missing the beautiful Fall colors in the mountains because we were too busy canning fruit every evening. We decided we had better take […]

The hot summer temperatures were beginning to lessen though still above normal for this time of year. David and I took Friday off from our jobs so that we could spend a long weekend in southern Utah. We left Thursday evening as soon as we could get off work, and drove to Monticello Utah in my […]