Fall Trip Data & Summary

We wrapped up our 35-day fall trip and are home safe and sound. There were many good things on the trip:- No issues with our Winnebago Travato - all systems performed as designed- I'm lucky to have such a great travel partner (Elena) as we celebrated our 32nd wedding anniversary during the trip- I'm...

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The End of a Long Love Affair . . . Or Not

It was a late September day in 1991 when I first saw her. Her beauty was boundless and I was immediately captivated. I was in town for a jazz festival with my wife, as we were about to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary with a hike into the Grand Canyon a few days later. But there she was - the town...

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A Week of Catching Up After Catching COVID

One week ago tonight, my lucky streak of 2 1/2 years ran out, and I came down with COVID. We were hiking in the late afternoon and my back was really sore. We got back to the campground and I took a nice hot shower. After I got back to the van, I was still hot - with a fever. A sudden fever and headache,...

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Trying Not to Fall at Kanarra Falls

On day 19 of our road trip, and on our wedding anniversary eve, we decided to try the Kanarra Falls hike. The falls are at the town of Kanarraville, UT just a few minutes north of Zion's Kolob Canyon section.There are 3 major falls/obstacles along the 4-mile round trip hike, and 650 feet of elevation...

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Bebop Reviews Kodachrome Basin & Cedar Breaks

In our last episode my hoomans we were debating about hiking to the Inselberg Pit (Cosmic Navel or Cosmic Volcano) the next morning. They were concerned about the road condition and the weather. I just relaxed and chewed on a stick. At bedtime the night before, the hoomans decided there was too much...

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Grand Staircase Escalante

The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, which President Biden recently restored to the original boundaries, is an enormous 1.7 million acres. It was also the last area in the continental US to be mapped in the late 1800s. We came in from the north side. When we left Capitol Reef NP we headed...

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