On Saturday November 11th, David and I jumped in the Explorer and headed for the middle of the San Rafael Swell by way of Castledale and then down Buckhorn Canyon. On the way we noticed a small class ‘D’ arch in the rocks just off the road to the north so we had to stop […]
Zions National Park in the Fall
On Wednesday November 7th, my wife Nancy and I drove down to Zions National Park near Springdale Utah, to spend some time together. It was a wonderful time to enjoy the park and the fall colors. The day was clear and calm and the hot days were over for the year. Before entering the park, we […]
Ernie’s Canyon and Hurst Bridge
Saturday morning November 3rd, David and I were off for another day hiking. This time we headed for Ernie’s Canyon on the east rim of the San Rafael Swell, southwest of Green River Utah. After arriving at Ernie’s Bridge near the bottom of the canyon, we began the climb up a broken rock ramp and across […]
Birthday Trip to Escalante
Saturday was my birthday. And what did I want to do on my birthday? Go hiking in southern Utah, of course! (The family “celebration” would be on Sunday anyway.) So David and I drove down to Calf Creek near Boulder Utah and just north of the Escalante River. We then hiked to the head of […]
Along the Escalante River
Friday afternoon after work, David and I loaded up my Ford Explorer and headed for Boulder Mountain south of Torrey Utah. We set up camp at the Oak Creek Campground up on the east side of Boulder Mountain. Before the sun came up on Saturday morning, we decided that it was too close to winter […]
The Waterpocket Fold
After another long work week, it was time to head south for some serious decompression time. While we didn’t have a particular hike that we wanted to try, I did want to drive down the Notam Road on the east side of The Waterpocket Fold, on the south east side of Capital Reef National Park. Basically […]
Lavendar Canyon
Thursday August 23rd, David and I finished work for the day and headed south with our camping gear loaded in the back of my Ford Explorer. We had both taken Friday off from our jobs so that we could use a long weekend to explore another part of southern Utah. This time we were heading […]
Hatch Point & Canyonlands Overlook
It was August 18th before I could carve out another Saturday that I could use to go play in southern Utah again. This time David and I headed back to Hatch Point, south of Moab Utah, were we had spent the day just three weeks previous. We had gone to the Hatch Point area to […]
Hatch Point & Needles Overlook
Saturday July 28th, my brother David and I drove down to Hatch Point, south of Moab Utah for the day. It was the middle of summer and too hot to hike but we needed to get out. We decided this would be a good place to drive around and take a few pictures since it had […]
Fantasy Canyon
Friday afternoon, after I got off of work, my wife and I drove out to Vernal Utah to stay overnight with my folks. The next morning we drove to Ouray Utah (pronounced “OR-Ray” by the Uintah Basin residence and “U-Ray” by the tourists). From the Ute Indian community of Ouray, we drove south across the Green River […]