Toadstool Hoodoos in Grand Staircase
One of our map pushpins in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is the Toadstool Hoodoos area northwest of Lake Powell. We love colorful…
Read MoreOne of our map pushpins in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is the Toadstool Hoodoos area northwest of Lake Powell. We love colorful…
Read MoreOne of the hikes in Zion National Park’s lesser-visited high East rim, the Many Pools trail lets you get away from the tourist…
Read MoreAngel’s Landing – the scariest hike in North America? Well, I guess all of the superlatives are accurate if you’re wearing sweat pants…
Read MoreZion National Park has been on our must-do bucket list for years, and it’s an experience that does not let the expectations down….
Read MoreWe try to camp off-grid whenever possible, and Crystal Geyser came up on our list when we ended up farther along into Utah…
Read MoreMy last-minute decision to climb Huron Peak meant that I’d be overnighting at the start of the trailhead in the Winfield Ghost Town…
Read MoreAgate Fossil Beds National Monument probably isn’t on your list unless you’re a hardcore fossil nut. I had seen the name in our…
Read MorePanorama Point – the Nebraska High Point checked off the list. 15 down, 36 to go if you count DC. 5,424 feet seems…
Read MorePawnee National Grassland was a bit of a surprise for us. "Let’s camp here" – said nobody looking at flat horizons full of…
Read MoreLet’s go do an exposed hike when the forecast is over 100 degrees – said nobody ever… Except Colette. In my best caveman-must-please-little-woman…
Read MoreBlack Elk Peak – the South Dakota high point at 7.244 feet, one more high point checked off the list. We’ve done a…
Read MoreCuster State Park was the central point for our Wyoming/South Dakota trip, since my personal big rock was climbing Black Elk Peak which…
Read MoreI had visuals of Deadwood, South Dakota being full of historic Wild Wild West, but the Wild Bill Bar was the only thing…
Read MoreSpearfish South Dakota was nowhere on our radar. And despite being an amazing chunk of canyon with towering sandstone walls, pines, and small…
Read MoreBelle Fourche is the geographic center of the entire United States. We thought we were done with geographic centers when we visited Lebanon…
Read MoreDevils Tower National Monument has been on my must-do list since I saw Close Encounters of the Third Kind as a kid. The…
Read MoreAfter our two days at Pawnee Lake, we headed down to Crater and Mirror Lake on our outbound leg. But not too quickly…
Read MoreSo many photos to work on from our Indian Peaks backpacking trip, I had to settle on something easy to get the ball…
Read MorePawnee Pass Trail – Day One of our Indian Peaks Trip. It’s always best to have the hardest day of your backpacking trip…
Read MoreIt’s been just under 10 years since our last hike up to Lost Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, and we decided that…
Read MoreThe Flat Tops Wilderness has been on our master travel planning Google Map for well over five years now, and now we don’t…
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