Zion Narrows (Sep 2007)

This was with my fun neighbors--Patty, Mike, and Dave Toth--their first trip up the Narrows. We made it up to Big Springs and back in about 8 hours. (Remember 4:07PM?) The weather and company was perfect!


Mike, Dave Toth, and Patty enjoying the hike up the Narrows.




















Classic photo using Steph's camera from just above Orderville Cyn.














How does that bush grow way up there?












Big Spring Video

Humphreys and Horseshoes (Sep 2007)

Another weekend opportunity arose for me to get up and go to Flagstaff alone, where I climbed Arizona's tallest peak--Mt Humphreys in the afternoon. It tops out above 12,600', and is a 10 mile round-trip hike. After returning to the truck, I drove to the forest outside the South Rim of the Grand Canyon to sleep. The next morning I got up early and dayhiked down the Grandview Trail to Horseshoe Mesa. I walked around the mesa before returning to the rim, and then drove home that night. On the way home I stopped off at another Horseshoe--Horseshoe Bend near Page.





From near the summit of 12,600'.












Horseshoe Bend below Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. I stopped off to see this spot near Page, AZ on the way home.












View of Grand Canyon from Lipan Point.












A shot of smoke across the canyon from Horseshoe Mesa as I was hiking down. Horseshoe Mesa is on the left middle side of the picture, and sits just above the river.