Sand in Everything at the End of the Day – Colorado Adventures
We continued on from the Rocky Mountains National Park to the Great Sand Dunes National Park, with a stop at the Valley View Hot Springs along the way for a late […]
Category Archives: Outdoor Stuff
Our outdoorsy adventures and fun. Includes camping, rock climbing, hiking, water sports, running, and anything else we come across in our travels.
Snow and Elk on the Trails – Rocky Mountains National Park
After Denver, we drove to Boulder to visit with a couple of friends. From Boulder, we went to the Rocky Mountain National Park, entering the park near the Beaver Meadows Visitor’s Center, […]
How do you do Mr. Hoodoo? – Bryce National Park
When we arrived at Bryce National Park, all we saw were green forests and I was confused: didn’t Bryce have spectacular orange rock formations, called hoodoos or something like that? We […]
Angels Landing and Narrows – Zion National Park
When we woke up the day after exploring Arches National Park, the sky was loosing torrents of rain and lightening over the city of Moab with no blue skies in sight. […]
A Desert Wonderland – Hiking Around Arches National Park
The day after our Moab adventures, KC and I, with our new friend Brian, headed out to Arches National Park (NP) to explore the park (through hiking and not rock climbing, […]
“Do you want to climb with us in Moab?”
I love meeting up with friends on this trip. It has been awesome to include friends in our adventures on this trip or, in this case, to be included in their […]
You’re Going to Need a Helmet – Rock Climbing at Maple Canyon
Utah Adventures Part 1“You’re going to need a helmet if you climb at Maple Canyon,” my friend told me as he described Maple Canyon, a climbing area a couple of […]
Sport Climbing at the City of Rocks
I could see snow off on the hilltops as we drove in, despite the late spring warm temperatures. It was the magic hour, the time of day when the light is perfect for pictures, and it seemed the landscape was made for this time of day. This kind of landscape inspires awe inside me. The last two days were drives over mostly flat land, so we felt a sense of excitement when we saw the rock formations sitting atop of the ground, breaking up the flat landscape of the last few days.
Oregon Hot Springs
KC loves hot springs and knowing that Oregon has hot springs, KC arranged a night for us at the Breitenbush Hot Springs. We stayed one night, soaking in the hot […]
Oregon Gym Climbing and Smith Rocks, the First Climbs of our Trip
Oregon Gym Climbing Before hitting the road to Smith Rocks, KC and I planned our first outdoor rock climbing session of the trip at Broughton Buff just outside of Portland, […]
Little Moon Adventures 