New Explorations in Familiar Places
Unless we’re in a place we haven’t been before or we’re in an ecologically sensitive area, we spend the majority of our time hiking off-trail in national forests and on BLM land. This… Continue reading
Monthly Archive: December, 2019
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Bushwacking in the Desert. Or, What Happens When Tom Let’s Me Decide Where to Hike.
Our next hike Tom and I went alone since Terry had to work. It was (still) snowing in the mountains and while reviewing options Tom stated nothing was really a standout to him… Continue reading
Red Cliffs: Sculpted Canyons and Plateaus
Tom and I took a few days to travel to Southern California to see his daughter and family but once we returned to Terry’s house we set off on our next hike. Storms… Continue reading
Exploratory Hiking in First Left Hand Canyon
The day after we hiked in the foothills of the Pine Valley Mountains Terry and I decided to head up Parowan Canyon to see if, 2 years after the Brian Head Fire, a… Continue reading
Back to Hiking with Terry: The Return to Southern Utah
And finally it was time to return to Utah. Our last time in the southwest area of the state where we lived had been in August 2017, only a few months after we… Continue reading
Arizona Trail to Fisher Point
Our last day in Flagstaff we decided to hike a segment of the Arizona Trail out to Fisher Point, known for it’s views over the west end of Walnut Canyon. I followed some… Continue reading
Aspen Everywhere: Indian Springs and Viet Springs
After our morning hike at Red Mountain we needed another short hike and so as Tom drove east back towards Flagstaff I scanned through the available (read: not inaccessible due to mud) options… Continue reading