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Bag Night Challenge 2023

I just spent my last night camping for the year this past weekend, so now it's time to post up my final total nights spent camping throughout 2023. You can check out my previous years at the links below: [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

My Ten Favorite Trip Reports of 2023

These are my top ten favorite Trip Reports from 2023. If you are interested in checking out my favorite trip reports from previous years, you can find those here: [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Valley of Shining Water: Along the Pahranagat Trail The

Alpacka Mule Self-Bailer Packraft

After using my Kokopelli Rogue-Lite a couple of times last year on some ephemeral desert rivers I came to the conclusion that I might be a little bit too heavy for that boat when I'm using it for more than just simple river crossings and easy flat water, so I

Great Western Ring of Fire Eclipse

We spent Saturday morning watching the Annular Eclipse from Nokai Dome in southern Utah and it was a pretty great experience. You can find the full Trip Report here: Beyond the Clay Hills: The Annular Solar Eclipse

My Ten Favorite Trip Reports of 2022

Better late than never. These are my top ten favorite Trip Reports from 2022. If you are interested in checking out my favorite trip reports from previous years, you can find those here: [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Under the Pink Cliffs: Trails of

Paria Canyon Notice

Well, I have a permit for Paria Canyon and was supposed to start a backpacking trip from White House to Lee's Ferry on Friday, but it looks like we are going to be changing those plans now. I had no idea what kind of winter we would have when I

Goodbye Tellico (Rico)

Tellico | August 20, 2005 - December 28, 2022 Today is a very sad day. We had to say our final goodbyes to Tellico (Rico) this afternoon and she will be sorely missed. She was over 17 years old and has been with me since she was a 6 week

Campsites of 2022

I spent 75 nights in the backcountry in 2022. Here are a few photos of my campsites from throughout the year. You can find a complete list of everywhere I camped at the following link: Bag Night Challenge 2022 Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain Fire Lookout Morning in the Fire Lookout Morning at

Bag Night Challenge 2022

I'm pretty positive that I just spent my last night camping for the year this past weekend, so now it's time to post up my final total nights spent camping throughout the year. Photos from many of my campsites can be found here: Campsites of 2022 You can check out

A Day To Remember

This evening Diane and I are headed back to the The Amphitheater at Las Colonias Park for their final concert of the season to see A Day To Remember! Thankfully, it doesn't look like we should have any of the weather-related issues we had last time...

The Omens Tour

Normally I would have left right after work on Friday to spend the next week exploring the canyons of the Colorado Plateau, but since this concert is happening on Sunday evening I decided to stick around to catch Motionless In White and Killswitch Engage, especially since I was supposed to

Kingdom of Giants, Currents & Miss May I

Well, I'm leaving work early today so I can drive up to Salt Lake City to catch Kingdom of Giants, Currents, Miss May I and LANDMVRKS in concert. I am a huge fan of Kingdom of Giants' latest album 'Passenger' and am really looking forward to seeing them play some

Otherwise

Otherwise is back at the Mesa Theater this evening and Diane and I will be there to see them again!

Adelitas Way & Kingdom Collapse

Back to the Mesa Theater tonight!

Escape The Fate & Violent New Breed

I'm heading out to the Mesa Theater this evening for the first time this year to catch a concert! It's been way too long!

ADVENTR Jeep III

The third iteration of the ADVENTR Jeep is finally here! I ordered it back at the end of December and it took just under six months to get built and shipped to Grand Junction. Yes, it looks very similar to my previous two Jeeps, but I guess that's because I

The Amity Affliction in Grand Junction

I never thought I'd see the day when The Amity Affliction played a show in Grand Junction, but since that day is today, I will be there!

The Trinity of Terror Tour

Last night I stuck around town to see The Amity Affliction, and now tonight we are going to see Motionless In White and Ice Nine Kills in Grand Junction! Update: Motionless In White just dropped off of the show tonight, so now I guess it's just the Duo of Terror...

My Ten Favorite Trip Reports of 2021

Here's another post that's a little late. Since it's become an annual tradition of mine, here are my top ten favorite Trip Reports from 2021, plus two extra! If you are interested in checking out my favorite trip reports from previous years, you can find those here: [] [] []

2021 Favorite Photos

I'm little late this year and almost didn't even bother making this annual post since I didn't feel many of my photos were that good this year, but I'll still go ahead and share a couple of my favorites from 2021. Surprisingly, a bunch of these photos are from Dinosaur

Campsites of 2021

I spent over 100 nights in the backcountry in 2021, so it was a pretty full year! Here are a few photos of my campsites from throughout the year. You can find a complete list of everywhere I camped at the following link: Bag Night Challenge 2021 Trachyte Creek Camp

Bag Night Challenge 2021

Since 2021 has been over for a week now, I guess it's time to post up my final total nights spent camping throughout the year. Earlier in the year I had toyed with the idea of camping over 100 nights and I guess that thought stuck with me and I

Favorite Albums of 2021

Update 12/27/2021: Since it doesn't look like there are any more album releases that I am interested in for the rest of the year, I'm pretty sure that this is going to be the final list of my favorite albums of 2021, so I've now bumped it back up to

100th Night Camping

I finally met my goal of camping 100 nights this year on Friday night at Goblin Valley State Park. Nights number 100 and 101 were spent in a little more comfort than I am used to since we stayed in a yurt.

ADVENTR Photo Galleries

A little while back I noticed that all the photo galleries on the site were broken and not working properly, but I didn't have the time to fix them until just recently. I also changed the software that powers them and made them better at the same time, so if

Mud Ripples

Ten Million Views on Flickr

I just noticed that my Flickr account hit 10 million views today! The last time I posted an update was when it reached 5 million views back in 2018, so I probably won't mention it again until it reaches 20 million...

Narrow Ledge Panel

This Classic Vernal Style petroglyph panel is one of my favorites, so I guess that's why I climbed out onto the narrow ledge a second time for some better photos. I doubt I will be doing that again!

Island Park Fog

After spending the night at the Rainbow Park Campground we caught some fog and fall colors in Island Park at Dinosaur National Monument.

Hunting Camp Panel

Here are a couple photos of an amazing Barrier Canyon Style pictograph panel we visited last week.

Blue Mountain Rainbow

The spectrum of colors in the Abajo Mountains (Blue Mountain) were pretty amazing when we drove through last week.

Brocken Spectre (Glory) Photos

What is a Brocken Spectre? A Brocken Spectre, also called Brocken Bow, Mountain Spectre, or Spectre of the Brocken is the magnified shadow of an observer cast upon clouds opposite the Sun's direction. The figure's head is often surrounded by the halo-like rings of colored light forming a Glory, which

2021 Summits & Highpoints

After spending Saturday morning on the Grand Mesa, I'm now ready to start turning my attention back to the Colorado Plateau and I'm pretty sure I won't be hiking any more peaks in the mountains this year. At the beginning of the summer I had set myself a modest goal

Southern Sawatch Morning

A beautiful Sunday morning in the Southern Sawatch Mountains.

An Evening at Slide Lake

Rain, smoke, clouds, snow and a lot more rain! That was the theme of our visit to the Wind Rivers this year, turning our planned 3-night backpacking trip into a short overnighter as we waited out the weather for much of the time. At least we had one nice sunset