Jim and I spotted a few condors flying above us last night as we hiked Angels Landing in Zion! What a treat!
Category Archives: wildlife
The dogs and I spent the last three days of our trip exploring Colorado. I’ve never really been before (unless you count passing through while sleeping most of the way), so it was nice to finally experience a little more. I left my parents’ a day early so I wouldn’t have to have all-day drives...
A couple days before I left for Jackson, Becky posted a photo on her Facebook page. It was a photo of Paintbrush Divide, and it made me desperately want to hike there. It’s a 20-mile hike, up to over 10,000 feet, but I didn’t care. We would go there. Nevermind that I’ve hardly been hiking...
I’ve had so many posts I’ve been trying to catch up on lately, but I get so busy with work and travel, personal life and play, that they all just keep getting pushed back. I’ll write something to post, then never finish. And so tonight, while I’ve tried to push some out, and can’t find...
It rained here over Thanksgiving. It didn’t let up. It just rained, and rained, and rained some more. I woke up the next morning and I could barely see out my window because it was so foggy. But around here, when the fog lifts, it’s a sight that never gets old (maybe you remember last...
Florida was like a week or two ago, and I’m now en route to Chicago, but thanks to freezing rain in Denver and them flat-out cancelling my “unimportant flight,” I am stuck in the tiny Rapid City airport all day today. Expect a lot of catch-up posts. Thank god they have free wireless here. I...
I saw my first praying mantis ever this weekend. It blew me away. They are so surreal and alien-like, it was almost kind of scary. Also, the title of this post really has nothing to do with anything, except is a reference to one of the great lolcats of our time… which you can find...
I went hiking in Zion this weekend for the first time in a long time. Summer temperatures and tourist crowds have kept me at bay. Thinking both might have cooled down a little, I was itching to get back. Molly and I spent Saturday hiking Observation Point and hanging out in Springdale. On our way...
I’ve just returned from Paria Canyon, one of the world’s “premiere” backpacks. Only a few people are allowed into the canyon each day from any direction, and we had to book our permits over three months in advance (and even then we just barely got in). I’d been waiting day after day for the past...
