A few weeks ago, while Barbara, Ellie, and I were visiting the Flaming Gorge area, we stumbled upon the Sheep Creek Canyon Geological Area. This area showcases nearly 800 million years of geologic history along the Uinta Fault. The Uinta Fault exposes tilted and folded rock layers of sedimentary rock. Tower Rock is a striking,Continue reading “Sheep Creek Canyon Geological Area”
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Mineral Ridge
On Tuesday, I traveled east of our location to hike the Mineral Ridge Scenic Trail above Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. I have now hiked this trail five times, but I don’t get tired of it. It’s a moderate, 2.5 to 4.5 mile hike, depending on how many detours you take, but the vistas are amazing.Continue reading “Mineral Ridge”
More Flaming Gorge
Recently, Barbara, Ellie, and I traveled from our campsite on the east side of Flaming Gorge, around the southeast side to the Flaming Gorge Dam on the Green River. While relaxing in camp, on the shore of Flaming Gorge, we have been visited, almost every day, by antelope. One morning we got up and foundContinue reading “More Flaming Gorge”
Flaming Gorge
We arrived at Flaming Gorge a couple of days ago. The first evening I walked down to the shore to take some photos as the sun set behind the mountains. The next morning, Ellie and I walked the shoreline and I took some more photos showing the blue sky and the area surrounding the reservoir.Continue reading “Flaming Gorge”
Yellowstone National Park (Day 3)
On day three, just Barbara and I traveled to Norris Geyser Basin, Mammoth Hot Springs, Tower Falls, around Mt. Washburn to Gibbon Falls. On this day we finally saw some wildlife. I have been to Yellowstone National Park more than ten times and this is the fewest animals I have ever seen. However, this isContinue reading “Yellowstone National Park (Day 3)”
Yellowstone National Park (Day 2)
On day two we took a bus tour along the Madison River, the Midway Geyser Basin, the Upper Geyser Basin, which includes Old Faithful, along the west shore of Yellowstone Lake, and up to Artist Point in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and the Lower Falls.
Yellowstone National Park (Day 1)
Recently, Barbara, Ellie, and I got the pleasure of exploring Yellowstone National Park (YNP). There’s no way you can see this park in one day, so we did our exploring over a period of three days, and that is how I’m going to break it down here. The first day, the three of us exploredContinue reading “Yellowstone National Park (Day 1)”
Cedar Breaks National Monument
This past Monday, Barbara, Ellie, and I traveled east across the Hurricane Fault to the Cedar Breaks National Monument. The Hurricane Fault is normal, strike-slip fault that separates the Basin and Range Geomorphic Provenance, to the west, from the Colorado Plateau, to the east. Cedar Breaks sits at the top of the Grand Staircase andContinue reading “Cedar Breaks National Monument”
Kolob Canyon
Last week, Barbara, Ellie, and I took a short drive to Kolob Canyon. Kolob Canyon is part of Zion National Park, but is a 45-minute drive north of the south entrance to Zion, but is well worth the detour. The Kolob Canyon Scenic Drive is only five miles long, but the beauty of the redContinue reading “Kolob Canyon”
Scenic 12 Byway
Last week, Barbara, Ellie, myself, and our good friend Whitney traveled through central Utah on the Scenic 12 Byway. Our adventure began in Red Canyon near the intersection of highways 89 and 12, just a few miles west of the entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park. At this location we began our adventure at theContinue reading “Scenic 12 Byway”
