Lately it seemed like there was one nice Spring day for every five days of Winter storms and cold weather. Suddenly, we had a whole week of nice weather with each day warmer and sunnier that the last. Productivity at the computer firm where I work, dropped dramatically and absenteeism skyrocketed. I fought through my […]
Zion National Park and Utah’s southwest
With snow on the blooming hyacinths in my front yard, my wife and I decided to seek the sun in the southern end of Utah. I took Friday off from work so we could drive down on Thursday evening. We made it as far as Cedar City Utah were we grabbed a motel room for […]
Dry Fork of Bull Canyon
A Saturday finally rolled around where the weather looked almost Spring like… after a week of storms in the northern valleys. It was time to hook up the ATV trailer and head south. Because of the unusual amount of snow that the San Rafael Swell had received, David and I headed for Moab Utah. Here […]
First Day of Spring in Moab
After three months of cabin fever, it was time to venture out and see if we could find a warm spot in the frozen Siberian wasteland called Utah. We felt like bears awaking from hibernation, groggy and grumpy. I picked up David Saturday morning in my Ford Explorer and headed for Moab Utah will a […]
Tropic Winter Hike
The last of December and the first of January were unusually cold in Utah (and for a good deal of North America and Europe, for that matter). With all of the holidays finally over, David and I choose a sunny Saturday to take a drive southward, just to check out conditions. The southern end of the state […]