I perform my ritual of hiking back and forth to locate the GPS summit and the actual high point. I don’t bother looking to close at these beautiful summit cairns for any geocache markers but I am sure that is what they represent. A booming thunder clap causes me to turn east as the looming dark cloud bursts the skyline with rain.
Read MoreThe Bald Hills South - The Three Peaks - UT, quad
I take a moment to appreciate the raw beauty of the area. I probably won’t be back along this way. This is the eighth and final peak listed in The Three Peaks - UT quadrangle and with 177/213 remaining peaks to climb in Iron County alone I’ll be moving along.
Read MoreThree Peaks North and South Summits - The Three Peaks - UT quad
Of the 8 peaks that make up the quadrangle, this will be my final climb in the Three Peaks Recreation Area proper with these short but fun ascents of the North and South Summits. Both are non-ranked and carry rises below 300’.
Read MoreRockhounding for Thompson Agate - Near Crescent Junction (Moab, UT)
This is a beautiful section of the country. Sitting at the northern tip of Arches National Park, I would later review a map to determine this is certainly a location I want to return to. Not for the agate, but because we were just a couple miles from several amazing arches and bridges that reside in the park.
Read More"DIA" Ridge - Denver International Airport, CO quad & Phoenix Mine Gold Panning
I am almost embarrassed to list this drive by summit peak until I search the Listofjohn.com website and find that 114 fellow members also claim a summit of the Adams County High Point.
Read MoreHeath Benchmark - Westfall SE - KS, quad
We drop down and rise again on this smaller dirt road. When Linda signals to turn again onto an even smaller dirt road, I begin to have my doubts.
Read MoreGiant Logs Trail and Blue Mesa Trail - Petrified Forest National Park
We have our trailer, Linda has her GPS Rockhounding map, and I activate my GPS Peakbagger site as we move down the road. In no particular hurry, we hope to stand on some mountain summits, find some rocks and camp along the way. It sounds like the perfect vacation to me.
Read MoreDeertrap Mountain via Stave Springs Trailhead - Zion National Park
I certainly don’t begrudge somebody from enjoying something I have had the opportunity to enjoy my entire life, but after looking at pictures from Memorial Day 2019 with hours-long lines and queues set up to help avoid congestion and provide additional safety we are indeed loving our national parks to death.
Read MoreDeath Valley Draw - Slickrock Bench - UT, quad
The hiking is sand - gravel river bottom, wide with the occasional slick rock and minor dry falls. All easy to step across or work around. Some are beautiful swirl circles of water cut stone.
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Bullet Journaling using Todoist Part 1
I downloaded and skimmed a few more books, but I couldn’t bring myself to go back to paper. Just couldn’t do it.
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