Sunday, June 21, 2009
to western states, part VIII, Flagstaff
We stayed with Aunt Bonnie and Uncle James for a couple of nights. We ate great food, talked a lot, walked the edges of Mt. Elden in the mornings, and listened to the trains all night.
to western states, part VII, to Arizona
Saturday, June 20, 2009
to western states, part VI, more Canyonlands
We knew so little about this park before we got there, but after three days of hiking in, through, over, and in some cases, under it, it is easily a favorite. The terrain is rugged, with trails marked by cairns, that lead you through washes, across numerous slickrock ledges, up and down through rocky draws, through deep cracks in the rock, and in some cases, over high, barren, windy stretches of steep slickrock when moving from one canyon to another.
We hiked about 30 miles or so in three days, through what's called the Needles section, named for the spires created as millions of years of sediment were eroded away.
to western states, part V, Canyonlands
to western states, part IV, Moab
to western states, 2009, part III, Pinky
Friday, June 19, 2009
to western states, 2009, part I
Karin, Pinky, and I drove west in June 2009. Allison in Denver, Canyonlands/Moab, and Aunt Bonnie and Uncle James in Flagstaff were the reasons.
We had a quick visit to Denver, seeing Allison, Lyla, and Allison's friend Andy. If you're in Denver, go to Steuben's Restaurant on 17th. We did, and it was excellent.
Allison showed us around her school, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. It's an attractive campus, formerly a vast home for patients with tuberculosis, and then a cancer research center.
We needed a couple of more days to really see everything. The school was closed when we were there, and Denver, of course... there's a lot to see.
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