It was five days until Christmas so I knew I had plenty of time to begin my Christmas shopping and still go hiking. The weather promised to be clear though cold. I decided to drive down to the San Rafael Swell to check an item off of my bucket list. I had hiked to Wildhorse […]
Utah’s Little Grand Canyon
I was waiting for a day that would be clear and calm in the San Rafael Swell so that I could take my DJI Mavic Pro drone down to The Wedge and fly it over Little Grand Canyon. I picked a perfect day! I arrived at The Wedge overlooking the San Rafael River just after […]
Horse Heaven and Moroni Slopes
The weather was nice enough to warrant a day trip to the southwest end of the San Rafael Swell where I wanted to fly my DJI Mavic Pro drone over some canyons that drained south and then east into Salt Wash and then the Muddy River. This is an area southwest of Hidden Splendor with […]
Lost Creek near Salina
My wife and I like to go RV camping several times a year to the Maple Grove campground located between Scipio and Salina Utah. It is an easy to drive to location with mature shade trees and a year-round stream running through the campground. The grand kids love it! While staying there in August, I […]
Hiking Through Wildflowers to Rip Canyon
On Monday, May 13th I decided that I had had enough of the continual rain in northern Utah. I had been watching the storms mostly miss central Utah so I guessed that the back country wouldn’t be too muddy. I drove south to the east side of the San Rafael Swell and pulled off the […]
Magic Theater Arch
I was visiting my brother David in Vernal so we decided to spend the day by driving to Moab and do a little Arch Hunting. We decided to finally locate Magic Theater Arch in Kane Springs Canyon, just outside of west Moab, on the south side of the Colorado River. It had been a long […]
Above Black Dragon Canyon
It was April and it still felt like Winter in Utah Valley where I live. In desperation, I jumped in my truck and drove down to the San Rafael Swell west of Green River Utah in hopes of finding Spring. I didn’t find it. I parked my truck on the east end of Black Dragon […]