As we moved from Phoenix to Western Colorado, we had gotten into the habit of stopping in Bluff, Utah just so we could spend a night at the Recapture Lodge. This rustic motel is a throwback to the '50s but for the small sacrifice in modern...

Rabbit Mountain offers an easy hike or mountain bike ride at the confluence of the Great Plains and the Rocky mountains. The trails offer sweeping vistas of the plains of central Colorado as well as the Rocky Mountain Continental Divide. The...

The lower West Fork of Oak Creek is one of the easiest, highest traffic and most spectacular hikes in the Red Rock Country of Sedona, or perhaps in all of Arizona.

The Trekker

By Trekker, West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona

"I'm sore and exhausted, I think I'll take a hot bath and call it a day.", whined the intrepid trekker."Don't you think you should take a shower first?", teased the maternal wife."What?, Why?", I cried,...

Camp Stories

By Trekker, Walnut Canyon National Monument

Last week I traveled to Flagstaff, to hike into Red Mountain. Since the hike would take less than a day, I also planned to visit Walnut Canyon National Monument. After my disappointment at Tuzigoot I only allowed for an hour at Walnut Canyon. ...

Recued!

By Trekker, Havasu Falls, Arizona

"How was it? Did you get a lot of good photographs?""Sure, it was great; except I had to be flown out on the helicopter.""Oh", inquired the concerned Ms. Trekker, "is your name going to be in the...

Trekking into South Canyon

By Trekker, South Canyon, Arizona

In searching for a route to the Colorado River, I had badly miscalculated the difficulty of trekking down to the floor of South Canyon, a dry ravine connecting with the north side of Marble Canyon. Now I had to pay the price; for several days I...