Rambling Hemlock

“I wonder what the view looks like from up there,” I often think to myself. This weekend I got in a solo backpacking trip where I had the o...

Sometimes I just want to spend vast quantities of time traveling inordinately short distances (as the crow flies anyway). Creeping along ...

A Douglas fir cone! In the bottom of the wash. Even though the canyon here at the mouth is full of sagebrush, willow, and cottonwoods. Antic...

For the first seven days of the government shutdown, the park remains open thanks to funding from the state of Utah. I’m still glowing fr...

I took a break in writing this fall.  It's definitely time for a New Year's update. 2018 was about doing everything I could toward...