We only spent one day at the Grand Canyon, having decided not to spend the two days or so it would have taken to drive around to the South rim. The South is the more tourist laden We stayed in Kenab, AZ which is the closest town to stay in,… Continue reading
Day 8 was The Narrows day 1. The hike almost ended before it began when we parked in the wrong place and walked up to the wrong bus stop. The shuttle driver called my phone, but I had turned it off and left it in the car given the expectation… Continue reading
The drive to Zion was long, especially coming off of a relatively full day at Arches. We got there around 2-3AM and went straight to the visitor center where they assign the Narrows passes on a first come — first served basis. We slept in the car for a bit… Continue reading
We headed back into Arches National Park for a second day. After a brief stop on the drive in at Fiery Furnace, we headed to Landscape Arch, or rather, the trail head near it. Prior to Landscape arch, we stopped at Pine Tree Arch, which as you may guess, is… Continue reading
Edit – I’m adding in this picture, which was made for the subsequent day, here because I think it does more than my descriptions to show where we were, especially to anyone looking to visit. [singlepic id=128 w=640 h=480 float=center]
Standard disclaimer applies – even though the trip is for work, no work will be discussed. Reasons: you don’t care, it’s not interesting and this way I don’t have to be careful that I only say things that are publicly available information. As it turns out, I have nothing to… Continue reading
The Colorado National Monument is best toured by car, driving along a 20+ mile road around the ridge in and out of the canyon channels. Along the way, there are lots of stops to hop out, look, take pictures, hike, etc. – enough to spend a large chunk of the… Continue reading
Out of Leadville we headed to Mt. Elbert. We got to the trailhead and started hiking around 9:00 — 9:30, which was again kind of late compared to when we should have been getting started. We should have been on the trail right around sunrise, which I think was about… Continue reading
We woke up, packed and headed back into Rocky Mountain National Park to hike up Mt. Ida — one of the mountains Janet had hiked on her last visit to the area. We started up the mountain around 9:30 — 10:00 which was a bit later than expected, but it… Continue reading
We left Chicago at around 6:30AM flying into Denver on Southwest. This was my first time flying Southwest after a lot of flying, mostly on Delta. A few things were different — the main one being no predetermined seats. Southwest has everyone line up by check in number and then… Continue reading