Monday, April 14, 2014

LOVELL CANYON HIKE--7 miles round trip


Lovell Canyon--45 minutes west of Las Vegas  in the Spring Mountains range

At a trail junction for Griffith Shadow Loop

This knoll creates the "loop" of the hike


Looking east toward the back side of Red Rock Canyon

Hiking with our friend Kristina


So many wildflowers in bloom right now--including claret cup cactus
In the shadow of Griffith Peak

Thursday, April 3, 2014


PARIA RIVER and GRAND STAIRCASE NATIONAL MONUMENT



Loki, Kona and Sandy at our campsite at Quail Creek State Park in southern Utah

Another adventure with JayFlight travel trailer (Quail Creek)

Quail Creek State Park reservoir

Aaron lugging water to the trailer at Paria Guest Ranch

Driving down the ridge of Long Canyon at Paria

Hiking Long Canyon





Long Canyon narrows

Heading to Paria River narrows to hike The Box




The Box or narrows of Paria River




Amazing views


Our destination: Yellow Rock (notice how Sandy "blends")

We encountered some rain


And sunshine, and a hole in a rock

I love this area, but we were tired after this hike

Amazing color in the clouds as the sun was setting

Aaron's holding a copper tailing at the Hattie Green mine

Looking at the possible mining of copper that has since collapsed