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Toadstool Hoodoos in Grand Staircase

Toadstool Hoodoos in Grand Staircase

Posted on December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 by jim

One of our map pushpins in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is the Toadstool Hoodoos area northwest of Lake Powell. We love colorful…

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Many Pools Trail

Many Pools Trail

Posted on December 20, 2021December 24, 2021 by jim

One of the hikes in Zion National Park’s lesser-visited high East rim, the Many Pools trail lets you get away from the tourist…

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Angel's Landing

Angel’s Landing

Posted on December 19, 2021December 20, 2021 by jim

Angel’s Landing – the scariest hike in North America? Well, I guess all of the superlatives are accurate if you’re wearing sweat pants…

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Zion National Park

Zion National Park

Posted on December 18, 2021December 25, 2021 by jim

Zion National Park has been on our must-do bucket list for years, and it’s an experience that does not let the expectations down….

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Crystal Geyser Boondocking

Crystal Geyser Boondocking

Posted on December 17, 2021December 23, 2021 by jim

We try to camp off-grid whenever possible, and Crystal Geyser came up on our list when we ended up farther along into Utah…

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Camping at Winfield Ghost Town

Camping at Winfield Ghost Town

Posted on November 13, 2021November 18, 2021 by jim

My last-minute decision to climb Huron Peak meant that I’d be overnighting at the start of the trailhead in the Winfield Ghost Town…

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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Posted on September 11, 2021September 19, 2021 by jim

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument probably isn’t on your list unless you’re a hardcore fossil nut. I had seen the name in our…

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Panorama Point Nebraska

Panorama Point Nebraska

Posted on September 11, 2021September 21, 2021 by jim

Panorama Point – the Nebraska High Point checked off the list. 15 down, 36 to go if you count DC. 5,424 feet seems…

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Pawnee National Grassland

Pawnee National Grassland

Posted on September 11, 2021October 13, 2021 by jim

Pawnee National Grassland was a bit of a surprise for us. "Let’s camp here" – said nobody looking at flat horizons full of…

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Lovers Leap via Wagon Wheel Trail

Lovers Leap via Wagon Wheel Trail

Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by jim

Let’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…

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Black Elk Peak

Black Elk Peak

Posted on September 7, 2021March 9, 2022 by jim

Black Elk Peak – the South Dakota high point at 7.244 feet, one more high point checked off the list. We’ve done a…

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Custer State Park

Custer State Park

Posted on September 6, 2021September 17, 2021 by jim

Custer State Park was the central point for our Wyoming/South Dakota trip, since my personal big rock was climbing Black Elk Peak which…

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Wild Bill Bar

Wild Bill Bar

Posted on September 4, 2021September 12, 2021 by jim

I had visuals of Deadwood, South Dakota being full of historic Wild Wild West, but the Wild Bill Bar was the only thing…

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Spearfish South Dakota

Spearfish South Dakota

Posted on September 4, 2021September 15, 2021 by jim

Spearfish South Dakota was nowhere on our radar. And despite being an amazing chunk of canyon with towering sandstone walls, pines, and small…

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Belle Fourche South Dakota

Belle Fourche South Dakota

Posted on September 3, 2021September 10, 2021 by jim

Belle Fourche is the geographic center of the entire United States. We thought we were done with geographic centers when we visited Lebanon…

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Devils Tower National Monument

Devils Tower National Monument

Posted on September 2, 2021September 14, 2021 by jim

Devils Tower National Monument has been on my must-do list since I saw Close Encounters of the Third Kind as a kid. The…

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Indian Peaks Backpacking

Indian Peaks Backpacking

Posted on August 11, 2021August 22, 2021 by jim

After our two days at Pawnee Lake, we headed down to Crater and Mirror Lake on our outbound leg. But not too quickly…

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Milky Way Over Indian Peaks

Milky Way Over Indian Peaks

Posted on August 10, 2021August 15, 2021 by jim

So many photos to work on from our Indian Peaks backpacking trip, I had to settle on something easy to get the ball…

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Pawnee Pass Trail

Pawnee Pass Trail

Posted on August 8, 2021August 17, 2021 by jim

Pawnee Pass Trail – Day One of our Indian Peaks Trip. It’s always best to have the hardest day of your backpacking trip…

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Lost Lake Revisited

Lost Lake Revisited

Posted on July 22, 2021July 26, 2021 by jim

It’s been just under 10 years since our last hike up to Lost Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, and we decided that…

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Flat Tops Wilderness

Flat Tops Wilderness

Posted on July 6, 2021July 17, 2021 by jim

The 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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