the way to the Bear Canyon Suspension Bridge
HC continues to find ways to pass the long days of summer up in Utah. It isn't too hard when...
hiking
From the Archives: the time I hiked to the US/Mexico border wall along Yaqui Ridge
I leave the Coronado Cave and jump back on the dirt road that seems to wind up the mountainside. I...
The hike to Twin Lake
HC returns to Silver Lake the following day by himself. Looking to attempt the hike up to Twin Lake. There...
Silver Lake & Lake Solitude
I appreciate the mountains and clouds in the Sat Lake Valley much more so now that I am spending my...
The Goblin’s Lair
A misty morning find's HC contemplating today's adventure. As the clouds swirl around the red rock mountain tops, he first...
Jewel of the Creek
HC sees just one picture online of some mighty Saguaro's along what seems to be a fairly easy hike in...
Into the Backcountry of Yosemite
Final day in Yosemite, and HC wants to try a hike into the backcountry. Early morning driving to a remote...
more of Bryce Canyon hiking after a snowstorm, part 2
The twinkling of snow on a bare branch. A bird rests, then flutters away, and a smattering of snow falls...
Bryce Canyon hiking after a winter snow storm (part 1)
Most of my life thus far has been all about luck. Something that initially seemed to ruin a plan or...
Lick Wash
Out in the wild and expansive Grande Escalante National Monument, along a single dirt road, starting outside Kanab, Utah. I'm...
The LaVerkin Trail
For as many times that I've been to Zion National Park in Southern Utah, I had never entered the Kolob...
Butcher Jones
After so many years now, it's nice that one can still find new hiking trails here in Arizona that blow...