WILLIS CREEK We had one more day to spare and wanted to find a good place to view some canyons without too much trouble so we came to Willis Creek and Bull Valley Gorge. It was nice to break away from the "adventure tour" of Bryce Canyon and back to the remote Escalante back country. This time we went to another section of the Escalante but with the dirt...
Bryce Canyon We got to the Bryce Canyon visitor center and waited in the expected long line to get more information on where to camp for the next two nights. We get to speak to a ranger and the conversation went like this,..."Hello, where are some good places to camp for the next two nights"... (Fuzzy dirty Santa looking ranger)..."Yeaaaa, all of the parks I...
Rappelling the Golden Cathedral The hike down to the Escalante river was a bit more challenging....actually it was a mini Shit Show, but I expected nothing less as descending 1300 ft within a 2 mile period can get interesting. We got to the river and started following the trail, crossing the river at times, to the mouth of neon canyon. The Neon Canyon Campground has a nice Oak Tree surrounded by wheat grass, bitter...
ZEBRA SLOT CANYON We started our hike early for zebra slot canyon and by the time we got there there were people already behind us and about 8 car loads of people in the parking lot. ZEBRA SLOT CANYON The canyon itself was very short. I was expecting it to be longer than the description but for what (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle ||...
Gypsum Cave, Nevada Just to the northeast of Las Vegas and among a gypsum mining factory, lies a crack in the earth that extends down around 60ft. and extends a passage of about 320ft. Gypsum cave is a protected land mark but from the graffiti that we encountered, the cave appears to be heavily vandalized and home to modern day habitation. Gypsum Cave,...
JACOB HAMBLIN ARCH It has been years since I have been back to the escalante's most remote back country desert hiking but I finally made it back! This time we have over a week to spend here which gave me the opportunity to check out Coyote Gulch, Neon Canyon, Ringtail Canyon, Willis Creek, Zebra Slot Canyon, Bull Valley Gorge, and near by Bryce Canyon. We...
Lido Key Mangrove Tunnel I was the best man for my good friends wedding down in Florida so I wanted to make sure I could sneak in something fun before flying back to Chicago. The wedding was held on Sanibel Island just off shore of the Fort Myers mainland which was a nice quiet place with lots of shells on the beach. It was also...
