John J Audubon's Stearn starboard quarter Getting back out to Thunder Bay in Alpena Michigan was something I wanted to do the day I left Alpena on my last shipwreck trip in 2012. This year I re connected with Joe at Thunder Bar Scuba along with my dive buddy Mike Apke to venture out on the wild waters of Lake Huron. The First day we...
Tom Shahaf inside the Lumberman (photo by Mark Shahaf) Dive Season has started and I have been anxious to get into the water especially after being out in the desert for 10 days. I got to the harbor in Milwaukee an hour early to make sure I had enough time to make it out there from Chicago and shortly after everyone else showed up. For this charter Mike Apke, Tom...
MEADOW HOT SPRING Our last day was all about relaxation and enjoying some feet recovery from the 50 + mile hike that left our feet blistered and swollen. This hot spring is located in the middle of a plain 10 miles from a small town called Meadow. We pulled up and I quickly walked up to this 30-40ft water filled pit and was amazed...
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,...
