Wanderers in Wonder

10/3/2020 Great visit in the old Durango Hood, but enough with our so-called civilization. Drove out of our former Ponderosa Pine Country neighborhood for points north, Blanding, UT hung a right on Utah 95 and pointed the truck west, Hanksville, UT.  The cottonwoods were approaching their glowing autumn glory as we passed a grove snaking…

10/24/2020 In Death Valley…strange as it may seem, the lowest point in the lower forty-eight, Badwater in Death Valley is only seventy-six miles from Mount Whitney, the highest point in the lower forty-eight. Peace…Wanderers in Wonder.

10/31/2020 We ‘Wanderers’ wandered into Joshua Tree National Park and came upon these wonders… We head out for Tombstone country tomorrow. Will be camped in the last stronghold of the Chiricahua Apaches in the Chiricahua Mountains for a while. Then we head east to Silver City, NM to spend time with our dear friends Peter and Tina. If you have not yet…

9/7/2020 Beautiful hike yesterday afternoon along Boulder Creek outside of Boulder, Wyoming. Snow is in the forecast for the Wind River Range with daytime temperatures in the fifties and nighttime down into the twenties. Flaming Gorge has a similar forecast so its down into Utah’s Dinosaur Country, Vernal. It is truly amazing how little we…

10/25/2020 Miners tramped through Death Valley in the aftermath of the Civil War looking for gold, silver or any other precious metal. In 1881 some miners realized they were tramping all over Borax. Borax, used in household soaps and laundry detergents, was mined in Death Valley until 1907. Borax was by far the biggest money maker…

10/18/2020 Wanderers in Wonder had another big driving day, 120 miles from Escalante Country to Kanab, UT. Music accompaniment for our peaceful scenic drive Jaymay, Belle of the Fall, First Aid Kit (a Swedish sister duo who performed their tribute song to Emmy Lou Harris at a dinner in Emmy Lou’s honor in Nashville a year or two ago)…the Red Dirt…

10/17/2020 Wanderers in Wonder seeking slot canyons in Escalante Country. I passed on Peek-A-Boo and Spooky. The crowd was huge. Once in there is no turning back. It is single file. At times the slots narrow to ten inches. The crowd just sidles along shoulder to shoulder for hundreds of feet. It took Mary Ann over three hours…

8/22/2020 We are supposed to be in the Poudre  RiverCanyon. Fire nixed that plan. We are in Colorado National Monument. Upon arrival the other day there was a little smoke over the Book Cliffs. Within an hour smoke was billowing down from the Cliffs into the Colorado River Valley below. An hour later  flames appeared at…

10/13/2020 One and a half hours on a dusty dirt back road and an hour hike, scramble, climb across, up, over and down the slickrock desert just to see these. We are headed to Escalante Country tomorrow, more slot canyons, arches natural bridges. Then it is on to Kanab and another attempt to win the BLM lottery for permits to hike to ‘The Wave’. After…

8/27/2020 In the glorious Teton Country…relatively clear skies although California is starting to intrude.Teton peaks in Tree Pose Asana joined hands striving for the heavens treeless…sharp naked beauty Or maybe I am just thinking of my gurus Cathy and Kay-Lea trying to get me to stretch out my spine. For you geography buffs, the Organ Mountains of Southern New Mexico…