FALL UTAH TRIP 2008

November In Southern Utah

From the trip in the spring going thru Utah Dan Nesthus and I saw way to many 4WD possibilities to be away for long. So with the possibility of fall colors and slot canyons we decided to do a fast run up there and shoot. The trip was about 11 days long in the Avalanche and tent trailer. What a truck!!!

I was excited to get to a few places I had on the list for the March trip but didn't get to. Zebra Canyon and Antelope Canyon were two of them. We also found the jump off point for the Subway hike. I was also excited to give my Hasselblad camera a test run out in the field. This was the first trip with it so getting use to it was an adventure. Like the time I noticed I failed to remove the dark slide from the interchangeable back only after taking a roll of film in Antelope Canyon........ouch!!! But thanks to the digital camera I always came out with something.

Best part for me was.............hard to say. All of it was so cool, some actually cold. Temps at night were in the 20's or low 30's. We saw rain and snow, sun and clouds so it made for good photo days. Longest hike was about 6 miles round trip.

Good hikes and great fun. Now I need to combine these photos with the ones taken in March and get them on the wall and some on the web site.

Next trip is back to Saginaw to take my dad down to Alabama in the 5th wheel. Something he has wanted to do for some time now.

Big Horn Sheep In Utah

Antelope Canyon
Kodachrome Basin


Lower Calf Falls

Devils Garden By Escalante

Hermanson Hike 2008

July 31 to Aug. 14th

Nine hikers, six Llamas, 40 pounds of liquor and "55" miles of trail (turned out to be 80) all make for a great time in the Sierra. This year it was Me, Peter Oberg, Mike Root, Jim and David Hermanson, Brian Hearton, Don Adams, Charlie Johnston and Art Arnett.

Lots of singing around the campfire is expected so I brought some songs. The favorite one this trip seemed to be "Put Another Log On The Fire". The standard "I'm A Lumberjack" was a good time too. All the drinking ensured we all sounded great also.

Me, Peter Oberg and Mike Root left a day early to see a few sights. Bodie ghost town, Mono Lake and Rusty's Bar in Bishop were the hits. Feeling a bit apprehensive due to my hip stiffness made me want to take take it easy. But with all those miles ahead I figured it would be better to train for the hike by drinking heavily at Rusty's. I had another opportunity the nigh before at Virginia Creek Camp where we all met the night before the hike. I found the combination quite effective along with Motrin.

I'll not go into each day of the hike because we have a "scribe" (Don Adams) that takes care of that. But it was another successful hike lasting some 12 days. It took us from the trailhead of Buckeye to Dorothy Lake, Tilden Lake, Kerrick Meadow and back to the trailhead. The final trip filled up 3 DVD's with movies, slideshow and data of everyones pictures.

Hardest day for me was climbing up out of Stubblefield Canyon then down into and then up out of Kerrick Canyon. The Sierra is a beautiful place but it is work to get back in there.

Best days were the stopping days at Lakes Tilden and Dorothy. Time to take in the views, I pretend to fish, the fish pretend to bite and everyone is happy.

Pictures in the first slideshow are from various hikers in the group.
The second slideshow is the theme song from the CD Wanted! The Outlaws.


SLIDESHOW FROM ALL OF US


THEME SONG