Visiting a canyon that isn’t a canyon
Just a hole in the ground?
Chris
Where the sidewalk ends
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
Hiking the chocolate river
The narrows of Zion Canyon is one of the parks most popular hikes. It’s name explains it all, when the canyon becomes narrow. This also means that there is little dry land to hike on. We started a little later…
Land fjords
He’s pinning for the fjords!
Its still dark out
Our plan was to wake up, do a small hike, and enjoy the sunrise on the Grand Tetons. We did 1 and 2 but the clouds did not cooperate. We did have a standoff with a deer on the trail.…
Wildlife need hugs too
Everyone needs a hug sometimes, even chipmunks. However each one I offered a no-strings attached hug declined. My last resort was to have Devin serenade them with a Disney princess style song. Devin and the chipmunks weren’t in to that…
Idaho Falls
Our late night drive didn’t make waking up easy. We took a quick walk around the local area and admired the falls and the Japanese garden next to our hotel. Donuts Donuts were in our minds and we headed to…
Wheels up
We wrapped up work and we caught a Lyft just after 1500 CST. We got clothes and camping gear into three suitcases. One we are going to check and the other two are carry-ons. There is an amazing amount of…
Pickett State Park
Pickett State Park is two hours north east of Nashville where we headed on Sunday. The park has many unique features due to the massive amount of limestone and water features. Our first trek was a venture along the 3…
When the trail vanishes
In preparation for our trip we went on a hike today to put some trail under our boots. We ventured off to a place I’d researched and had good reviews called the Walls of Jericho. It’s right on the Alabama-…