as soon as we knew we were coming to zion, i started contemplating one of the park’s most epic hikes. i had seen so many pictures and heard tales of folks who had successfully hiked angel’s landing (and those who had turned back), and i KNEW that i would regret not giving it a try […]
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zion national park.the narrows.
if we only did one thing at zion national park, we knew it was going to be the narrows trail. it’s basically a hike into a canyon, where there’s a river, which can vary in depth, width, and flow, but the hike is mostly in the water. since it’s october, the temps of the water […]
bryce canyon hikes.queens garden, navajo, wall street.
i took two pretty epic hikes whilst visiting bryce canyon. on sunday, just after we arrived, the entire fam took a stroll along the queens garden trail and then connected to the wall street trail to make our way back out. the first bit is a nice, flat, paved walk along the rim. then, down […]
bryce canyon week.
our fourth national park in the mighty five of utah was bryce canyon. we had a week scheduled there, with the hopes of getting a first come first serve site in the park campground. a few days before we left, we were looking around our beloved campendium app and found a great boondocking spot in […]
capitol reef.cohab canyon.
our final hike at capitol reef was into cohab canyon. derek was interested in this one, so we waited for him to finish working one day, and hit the trail. (the whole east coast 9-5 schedule has it’s benefits out here, even if he doesn’t think so when he’s starting work at 7am). like the […]
capitol reef.hickman natural bridge
on monday, the kids and i hit up a short little hike to the hickman natural bridge. it was only about 1.8 miles round trip and started off rather simply. a delightful stroll along the river. everyone was in high spirits. even this guy, who prefers his hikes non-strenuous and short. the surrounding scenery wasn’t […]
canyonlands last hurrah.grand view point overlook.
on our last full day in moab, we hit up canyonlands for a final hike at grand view point overlook. it’s all the way at the end of the park road and offers some seriously amazing panoramic views of the park. the hiker kids. and a mom. (the tiny person wasn’t feeling well). on our […]
moab adventures with friends.
in the grand tetons we met a new fun family and we made fast friends. we realized we were scheduled to be at glacier at the same time a few weeks later. then we went our separate ways for a bit, but last sunday, they rolled in (like a BUNCH of hours out of their […]
arches national park.landscape and skyline arch
this past saturday (i’m catching up!!), the weather was fabulous and we made our triumphant return to devil’s garden in arches to hike out to the landscape arch. the previous weekends thunderstorm debacle was still fresh in everyone’s mind, and isaac informed me that he would not go if there was a single cloud in […]
girls only canyonland camping trip.
ok. so canyonlands is basically divided into three parts, separated by the colorado and green rivers. to the north, is the island in the sky district, which has a lot of short hikes and overlooks, and is where we had gone for all of our adventures up until now. to the west is the maze […]