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Arizona Hot Springs
April 2, 2018. Photo album We left Valley of Fire and headed to Arizona Hot Springs. I knew it was a popular hike, but I counted on today being a Monday for keeping the crowds down. We arrived just...
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Oak Creek Canyon and Sedona hikes
April 3 – 5, 2018. Photo album After a delightfully quiet night of camping near Williams, Arizona, we headed east towards Flagstaff for a quick resupply. Then it was south to Oak Creek Canyon. We’d...
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Paulina Peak winter hike
November 18, 2017. 12 mi. | 2400′ ele. gain | 7 hrs. The last time I hiked to the top of Paulina Peak in the winter I remember one thing: snowmobiles. It was late December, and snowmobile season was in...
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Mt. Elden
April 6, 2018. Photo album We had a tasty breakfast at Indian Gardens Cafe in Oak Creek Canyon before driving to the Flagstaff Ranger Station. At the ranger station, we chatted a bit about conditions...
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Sunset Crater and Wupatki National Monuments
April 7, 2018. Photo album Sunset Crater Volcano After a lazy morning in camp we packed up and headed up the road to Sunset Crater National Monument. This stop came highly recommended from a friend,...
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Humphrey’s Peak
April 8, 2018. 10 mi. | 3200′ ele. gain | 7:15 hr. | Photos We woke up at 5 am to hit this mountain early in the day. I’d done plenty of research regarding the route and what to expect, but after...
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Hanging Garden and Wiregrass Canyon
April 9, 2018. Photos. There are very few maintained trails in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, which I found fascinating. However, there were route descriptions on the official park service...
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Buckskin Gulch
April 10, 2018. Photos. Last night’s campsite was the most spectacular of the trip. It’s really something when taking a chance works out in your favor. Having never been in this area before, it felt...
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Short hikes in Snow Canyon State Park
April 11-12, 2018 By some miracle, we rolled into Snow Canyon State Park sometime in the afternoon of April 11 and managed to snag the last available campsite. It was about a thousand degrees outside...
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Hiking Cathedral Gorge State Park
April 12-13, 2018. Photos. We arrived at Cathedral Gorge before lunchtime in order to increase our chances of getting a campsite. We had cut it a bit close yesterday. When we got to the park the...
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Exploring the Channeled Scablands
November 22-25, 2018. Photo album Thanksgiving weekend, 2018. I asked my husband Aaron to pick a destination for our outdoor holiday adventures. He said “how about Eastern Washington? We’ve never been...
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High Peaks Loop
March 24, 2019. 9.5 mi. | 1970′ ele. gain | 5:30 hrs. Photo album for Pinnacles National Park After a full day of driving and a cold, windy night of camping, we finally arrived at Pinnacles National...
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Condor Gulch Loop
March 25, 2019. 5.1 mi | 1450′ ele. gain | 3:10 hr Photo album for Pinnacles National Park On our second day at Pinnacles National Park, we were prepared to get an earlier start on the trail. That...
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Hiking Santa Cruz Island
March 26-27, 2019. Photos from Channel Islands National Park. We arrived early at the dock, excited for our foray to Santa Cruz Island. We decided to camp for a night on the island in order to have...
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Hiking the north side of Joshua Tree
April 1, 2019. Photos from Joshua Tree north After four days of attending a movement festival on the outskirts of LA and being around a ton of people, LeeAnn and I were ready for spending quiet time...
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Hiking the south side of Joshua Tree
April 2-3, 2019. Photos from Joshua Tree south Lost Palms Oasis Although we knew the Lost Palms Oasis would be a sea of humanity, we decided it was a unique enough experience that we wanted to check...
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Trona Pinnacles
April 3-4, 2019. Photo album After saying goodbye to Joshua Tree, we drove out to Trona Pinnacles for an evening of camping and casual exploring. As we drove down a washboard road and crossed into BLM...
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Box Elder Peak, North Ridge
August 24, 2019. 10.4 mi | 4600′ | 8:15 hr. Photo album Aaron and I took a trip to Salt Lake City to spend time with our friend Kevin. After an evening of debating where we should go hiking, we...
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Pfeifferhorn
August 26, 2019. 10 mi. |3700′ ele. gain | 7 hrs. Photo album With a full day to explore the mountains outside Salt Lake City as my friend was at work, Aaron and I headed for an off-trail highpoint....
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American Fork Twin Peaks from the tram
August 26, 2019. 2.4 mi. | 960′ ele. gain | 2.5 hr. Photo album With only 5 days to experience Salt Lake City and its surroundings, I wanted to pack in as much as I could before having to leave. So...
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