http://www.lynnsessions.com Musings of a frustrated amature photographer Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:55:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This was a day trip to explore an area we hadn't seen much yet. From Google Earth, it looked like there was a good deal of strata that could include natural arches so we needed to see it much closer. From Green River, Utah we drove under the freeway and out ... http://www.lynnsessions.com/trip-reports/saucer-land/ I received my new Olympus E-510 digital SLR on Wednesday evening so Thursday morning I am AWOL from my job. I spent the morning in Provo Canyon testing the capabilities. So far, I love it! What do you think? http://www.lynnsessions.com/trip-reports/trying-out-the-new-gear/ Saturday morning I picked up my brother, David in my Ford Explorer Sport and we headed for southern Utah -- again. I wanted to explore the area west of Goblin Valley which was an area we had not yet stuck our curious noses. We didn't leave real early and it was ... http://www.lynnsessions.com/trip-reports/san-rafael-swell-spending-a-night-in-the-bog/ My aunt "Sam" flies down from her home in the Oregon/Washington area so that David and I can take her hiking in southern Utah. We decide to day-hike into Coyote Gulch and visit Jacob Hamblin Arch by taking the cliff entrance. We can then hike down to Coyote Natural Bridge ... http://www.lynnsessions.com/trip-reports/86/ While David and I are poking around the cliffs above the Swazey Cabin in the San Rafael Swell, I notice a ‘Geo-cache’ stuck back in a rock overhang. This is a hobby that has been quite popular on the Internet the last few years. I add my name to the ... http://www.lynnsessions.com/trip-reports/geo-cache-or-geo-cash/ Another trip into the San Rafael Swell area. This time David and I are hiking to Obscure Arch. This was a fairly easy 3 mile round trip hike up a small drainage, up a steep talus slope, across some flats and up some steep rocks to the arch. However, about ... http://www.lynnsessions.com/trip-reports/there-is-a-whole-lot-of-shaking-going-on/ Back to the San Rafael Swell area for a hike up a canyon to Arch Tower Arch, over the top so that we can return down the canyon that includes Ednah Natural Bridge. However, David and I don’t make the complete loop before the sun goes down. This time we ... http://www.lynnsessions.com/trip-reports/how-to-use-a-car-alarm/ While searching for several arches in Jake Hollow near Escalante, David and I discover we are sharing the narrow canyon with fairly fresh bear tracks – a sow and cub. The arches turn out to be minor Class D arches and hardly worth the hike. As dusk starts to dim ... http://www.lynnsessions.com/trip-reports/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-boy/ Into Peavine Canyon and Dark Canyon to visit Queens Arch (from the bottom this time) and Dark Canyon Arch. As David and I are going down the jeep trail, David notices a large arch in the distance between the trees. This arch would only be visible as an arch when ... http://www.lynnsessions.com/trip-reports/the-right-view-at-the-right-time/ This time, David and I attempt to climb out of Grand Wash in Capital Reef National Park, to visit the top of Spirit Arch in Shinob Canyon. This turns into a 2.8 mile climb and crawl endurance test. In the end, we don’t make it to the arch.  Back at ... http://www.lynnsessions.com/trip-reports/thats-the-spirit/