outdoors

  • Sailing School Begins

    WE LEAVE FOR OUR SAILING CLASS TODAY!!! I slept til almost 7:00 this morning, which was nice… Then coffee, breakfast, and a whole lot of not much. Figuring out what else we needed to pack, how else we could stuff… Continue reading

    Sailing School Begins
  • White Sands National Park

    We left Tucson at a reasonable hour and drove. And drove and drove and drove. We stopped for gas and bathrooms once or twice…. The drive was beautiful. It seemed like every time we went through or over a mountain… Continue reading

    White Sands National Park
  • Tucson

    We wrapped up our time at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and it was time to head to Tucson. Well, with a slight detour. We wanted to have a look at Lukeville, the border town with Mexico. It was only… Continue reading

    Tucson
  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

    Sedona was amazing. We were sad to leave, but ready to move on to our next destination. We woke up at the Hilltop Inn… Damn, that bed was comfortable! Wish I’d slept a little better, but it is what it… Continue reading

    Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
  • Prescott, Jerome, and more Hiking in Sedona

    After hiking and scrambling and hiking and scrambling for days on end, we had slightly different plans for today. I got up and had coffee, as per usual, and when Matt got up we made pancakes for breakfast. Yum! We… Continue reading

    Prescott, Jerome, and more Hiking in Sedona
  • Sedona – Cathedral Rock, Devil’s Bridge and Hangover Trail

    We weren’t in a hurry to get out and head for Sedona this morning, but we were still up and about at a decent hour. We had some coffee in the room and decided to go to the greasy spoon… Continue reading

    Sedona – Cathedral Rock, Devil’s Bridge and Hangover Trail
  • More Moab – More Scrambling and Race Day!

    After the almost-running-out-of-gas fiasco, we went back to the hostel and chilled out for a bit in our room, then found a 1.6 mile hike that was 8 minutes away. What the hell, we went for it.  Such a cool… Continue reading

    More Moab – More Scrambling and Race Day!
  • The Kokopelli Trail

    We left on a Saturday and picked up Kris about 10:15, only 15 minutes after what we said we would! Kind of amazing actually.  We hit the road and drove for a few hours, and stopped to have lunch. Thanks… Continue reading

    The Kokopelli Trail
  • Hiking Heart Lake

    We headed up to the hills to do something different – my friends had been to Heart Lake a few weeks before and they told me that it was amazing up there. The hike isn’t short, but at least there’s… Continue reading

    Hiking Heart Lake
  • State Forest State Park

    Day 1: We got up at a reasonable hour and had some coffee and breakfast. We finished packing up the car and headed out.  We got to Winter Park in what felt tlike record time and turned off US 40.… Continue reading

    State Forest State Park