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 […]
Flying Straight in the San Rafael Swell
October 24th found me heading for the east side of the San Rafael Swell. It was fall and finally cooling off enough to make hiking possible again in the Utah desert. Traveling south towards Hanksville, I exited the highway where it crosses Iron Wash and parked my truck. I then headed westward up the wash […]
Rip Canyon in the San Rafael Swell
August is usually too hot to be hiking the desert areas of Utah but after several weeks of 100 degree weather, temperatures in the 90’s seemed mild. My spirit was telling me that I needed some ‘Canyon Time’ so my brother David and I headed south for a Saturday. We decided to try exploring an […]