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Beehive Traverse - Through the Heart of Capitol Reef's Waterpocket Fold

November 01, 2018

Sometimes things can come together so well it's as if catching lightning in a bottle. That happened this fall when such things played o...

Bryce Canyon and Beyond

August 15, 2018

For our big family vacation this year, we opted to head south to check up on Bryce Canyon and visit and explore a few other features nearb...

Hayden Lake: A Reverse Relay Trip

August 14, 2018

Over the summer, after my wife had successfully enjoyed her first solo overnight trip in the Uintas, we hatched an idea to do a reverse rela...

5 Guys on a Trail: A Tour of the Southwestern Uintas

July 19, 2018

What happens when three guys from Ohio and two guys from Utah get together to spend five days in the High Uintas Wilderness when the only mu...

A Night up Provo Canyon

June 27, 2018

Not to be left out, Everett wanted to go camping with Dad as well. I obliged by taking the opportunity to take him up nearby Provo Canyon f...

Fern Lake: Chasing Friends in Grandaddy Basin

June 21, 2018

Granddaddy Basin in the Uintas gets a lot of love it seems. It seems to have quite a reputation of being a great fishery and is a popular...

South Draw Loop

June 20, 2018

After a night out with Raylee, it was now time for to trade her out for Lennox. For this little adventure, we'd do a bit of off-road dr...

A Night at Sand Creek

June 19, 2018

One week after annual outings with Willow and Ellory, respectively, it was now time for Raylee. For this trip we returned to Torrey where...

A Pleasant Overnighter Down Pleasant Creek

June 12, 2018

After a fantastic night with my oldest daughter, Willow, down in Willow Gulch, it was time for another round of Daddy-daughter backpacking...

Willow meets Willow Gulch

June 12, 2018

Paying a visit to Willow Gulch has been on my radar for a number of years, but given the drive and distance to it, it was something I'...

Backpacking Pleasant Creek to Sheets Gulch

June 05, 2018

My planned route for this ended up being altered recently. I had originally planned to start at the same spot and then find my way out to...

Cathedral Valley

April 12, 2018

For the many visits made to Capitol Reef National Park over the years, we'd yet to make a drive into Cathedral Valley. Having recently ...

Halls Creek

April 11, 2018

If you've been following me and my posts over time, you probably know how often I visit the Capitol Reef area. With my in-laws now li...

A Night on the Wedge

April 08, 2018

For March, I had penciled in a camping trip with all my kids "somewhere in Southern Utah". As the date for it grew closer, I se...

Camping in Moab: A Land Before Time

March 09, 2018

After taking his sisters out for a camping trip the prior month, it was now my son's turn for a camping trip. Since he loves dinosaur...

Bluff Balloon Festival 2018

January 31, 2018

Two years ago, I was fortunate enough to meet up with some friends for an overnight camping trip down in my first visit to Valley of the G...

1st Trip to Yellowstone National Park

January 10, 2018

In August, I had the opportunity to accompany a youth group consisting of young men from our church congregation on a trip to Yellowstone Na...