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Canyonlands National Park
After Capitol Reef and Arches, the final stop on the “Mighty 3 of 5” tour for RC, TC, and I was Canyonlands National Park southwest of Moab. Canyonlands is a huge area – the biggest of the Mighty 5 – … Continue reading
Arches National Park
After Capitol Reef NP, the next stop on the “Mighty 3 of 5” tour for RC, TC, and I would be Arches National Park north of Moab. On the way however, we made a small detour to Goblin Valley State … Continue reading
Capitol Reef National Park
I spent some time at 3 of Utah’s “Mighty Five” with TC & RC, starting with 3+ days (April 6-9) at Capitol Reef NP. We saw only a small part of the whole thing yet it was a pretty representative … Continue reading
Staunton State Park, Colorado
Staunton State Park is relatively new, covering about 4000 acres southwest of Denver and is accessible via US-285. I recently spent 4 days there with JH & DH and besides getting in some hiking, we found ourselves in the middle … Continue reading
A Caney Creek Wilderness traverse, completed
With another nice 70-degree day in the forecast I saw a chance to finish the hike I started at the end of December ’24, when high water levels encouraged me to turn around at crossing #11 (of 13) of Caney … Continue reading
Cossatot River State Park, #2
The weather forecast had a couple days with highs around 70 coming up and it seemed like a great opportunity to take care of one of the things that’s been on my to-do list way too long: a return trip … Continue reading
A Caney Creek Wilderness (almost) traverse
It was a bit more than 10 years ago that I hiked the Caney Creek/Buckeye loop. I finally returned to hike that again along with the western part of the Caney Creek Trail, this time collecting data for a new … Continue reading
Ozarks Keystone Trail, recon 4
My 4th trip to Norfork Lake was just a dayhike to collect data for the last bit of built trail that I hadn’t already covered: from the Barren Creek trail head north 3.3 miles to the Arkansas-Missouri state line.
Ozarks Keystone Trail, recon 3
It was my third trip to Norfork Lake to hike and collect/verify map data for the Ozarks Keystone Trail (OKT), but this time I was backpacking with TC & RC. We covered the area from the Barren Creek trail head … Continue reading
Redstone and Marble Colorado
Redstone is a quaint little town with a lot of history, nestled in the Crystal River valley of west central Colorado. Marble is an even smaller town just a few miles south with a pretty rich history of its own. … Continue reading
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