Tag: slot canyons
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Slot Canyons and the Salton Sea
The first step on our way to Joshua Tree National Park was another slot canyon. Have I mentioned these are my favorite places to hike? I’ve been hooked on them ever since Utah. I got my first dose in Canyonlands National Park, when we went to the Needles District and hiked the Joint Loop Trail.…
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Weird, Wonderful Utah
Adventures in both slot canyons and BLM camping My odd little campsite outside of Capitol Reef National Park may have been within a stone’s throw of somebody’s house (okay, a loooong stone’s throw) but nobody bothered me at all. It wasn’t too cold and the wind died off for good around midnight. I poked my…
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Stunning Capitol Reef
Happy Halloween, everyone! Today’s recap: Capitol Reef National Park. If you’ve never been, you’re missing out. Sunday October 23rd we ended up camping outside of Loa, Utah,empty-handed as it were, since the only grocery store in town was closed. Actually, everything in that town appeared to be closed. Was it a Mormon thing? At least…
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Hanksville and Little Wild Horse Canyon
Saturday October 22nd we got up, made breakfast, and headed right back in to Natural Bridges. We had a plan! I was going to run the 3-mile trail from Sipapu Bridge to Kachina Bridge. Michael’s plan was to put the 40-lb sandbag into his ruck, hike down to Sipapu Bridge, do a CrossFit-style sandbag workout…