First drop into slot canyon Round Valley Draw We left Escalante early so I could get to the trail head at Round Valley Draw. I had quietly debated whether or not to do this slot canyon...one with

Swirling rock Coyote Gulch On Tuesday and Wednesday I hike in Coyote Gulch, a part of Section 6 of the Hayduke. I did an in and out hike. Yeti dropped me off at Hole in the Rock Road at Hurricane

Lower Calf Creek Falls Today we left Boulder to head to Escalante, which will be our base for the next few days. First we stopped for breakfast at Tumbleweed Coffee where we'd had our coffee each

Our Room 3 @ Circle Cliffs Motel Today we are just trying to relax in spite of several annoying technical problems. Funny how all the tech stuff which is supposed to make this easier for us is

Melanie in Muley Twist Canyon 4/10/2025 The trip down to Utah was uneventful. For the first time, we did not have a snow storm. We got to the motel in Boulder and had a great lunch at the Burr Trail

Snow at our house in March It’s hard to believe the 2025 Hayduke trip is almost upon us. Unfortunately, I got sick the first week of March with a cold or flu and it has taken weeks to get rid of

Photo is Final Climb to Red Cathedral View Point Friday & Saturday March 22nd, 23rd Death Valley Hikes On Friday, Yeti and I did a fabulous hike in Golden Canyon/Gower Gulch. It was a loop hike.

2024-03-17 to 21 - Picture is at Samuelson's Rocks, the First Message Karin and her husband Jim came to visit us in Joshua Tree. We had lunch at a Farmer’s Market and then did a hike in JTNP to

Photo is the Small Dam we hiked thru a wash to get to 2024-03-16 Today Melanie & I did three hikes, first to Wall Street Mill where there is a stamp mill that one man was killed in a gunfight

Photo from Hidden Valley - Note Birdlike rock near top Joshua Tree RV Campground Tues – Thurs, March 13,14 After our jaunt to Star Mount and another quick night in Indio, we headed to Joshua Tree.