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Trinity River, 2018

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Post published:2018-06-07
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Sometimes life gets busy. Well, maybe it is busy more than it isn’t. Anyhow, it leaves you wondering how you really get away from it all on what could be a hectic 3 day (Memorial Day) weekend. Are you going to end up “getting away from it all” with 10,000 of your closest friends at the nearest lake? Or maybe just stay home and avoid the crowds? Or is there a place you can go, float over 40 miles of river and have your pick of campsites, and hardly see a soul? Why yes, there is such a place.

There are occasions where you might ask if you should just stay home. In those times I usually am reminded of one of my favorite passages by John Muir.

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Ana Reservoir, 2018

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Post published:2018-04-25
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Sometimes a weekend just means getting out of town, soaking in some sun, listening to the birds, a campfire, and getting up in the middle of the night to look at the meteor shower. What do you have planned for the weekend?

Along the White Rim Trail, 2017, Part 3

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Post published:2017-12-02
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We had a good night at Candlestick camp and before we were up we were passed by the only other person going our direction (besides a lone bicycle) the entire trip. Before long we were out of camp and back on the trail. We didn’t have too far to go for day three, but there was a hike on the list that would take a bit of time.

As you make your way upriver along the Green there begin to be bottoms that seem to be big flat bars along the river. They may have had extensive cottonwood galleries at one time but now the tamarisk has mostly taken over. There are still some nice cottonwoods to be found too. We passed Valentine Bottom, Unknown Bottom, Queen Anne Bottom, Beaver Bottom and Potato Bottom. Somewhere in there the White Rim started getting closer and closer to the level of the river. In hindsight it should have been obvious that we were seeing the last of it, but we didn’t really realize it until it was gone. I would have said goodbye.

The White Rim approaches the level of the river

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