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Along with the Dodecatheons in the meadow, there were irises, which will probably peak very soon. And here's a bigger view of the meadow.

Well, it appears that all I had to do was stroll about 5 minutes from my house to find a good wildflower spot. I walk through here probably 4-5x/week and the previous day, there were none. Then, last night, they had popped out.

Back up to where I saw the Calypsos last week. I also wanted to check out the meadows that can be full of wildflowers a little further into summer. I was surprised that the area where I usually find dodecatheons was quite crispy. The meadow that hosts irises was a bit better, but far from the...

The smoke from the wildfires in Canada finally blew east a day ago, so I was out on one of my favorite trails today -- thought I'd get some Spring Beauties, maybe still some Pasques. Figured it'd be nice to be able to walk without beating up my lungs. There were some Alpine Bluebells down low...

I moved to my new house 7 months ago in Nov 2022. It pretty much just snowed and the wind blew. I used to think that 50mph wind gusts were bad, but they quickly became "moderate" as 80+mph gust were common. The snow is pretty much gone now and it's bizarre to see it rain, hail or thunder...

We're just getting Pasque flowers blooming now. This is from yesterday's hike.

My last submission of this slot canyon. Finally, you get to see it in color!

Another errant rock in Red Breaks slot canyon. Wonder what this one reminds Alan of......

My turn around point in the West Fork of Red Breaks slot canyon was a 15-20' drop-off shortly before it joins the main canyon. I had enough rope, but not enough energy to haul a 60# dog back up it. Fortunately, the sun had come out on my way back, giving me some nice reflected light in the...

Red Breaks is a non-technical slot canyon in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Non technical unless you have a dog with you or humans not used to climbing over chockstones and up/down chimneys, anyway. There isn't an official trail there, but many footprints. I made the mistake...

I'd spent a few days in Grand Staircase Escalante and stopped in the Northern Swell on my way home. Temperatures had gotten too high for my dog & I, so, ironically since we were escaping the snow, I headed for what would be a cooler place to camp. This is above Buckhorn Draw, about where Calf...

Kurt's Gold Bar shots made me think of when I went to Little Finland back in 2017. This was as I was headed back to the vehicle, but I just had to stop for a final shot. And in B&W

This is the last batch of pictures from my last trip to the San Rafael Swell. It also has my favorite shot (the one with the leaf). After a few days of dry hikes, I generally think it's time for one with water for my dog. Since I was headed north after a side trip part way up Temple Mountain...

Little Wild Horse is a wildly popular (read: crowded) slot canyon in Utah's San Rafael Swell. It's probably a perfect introduction to slot canyons, with no technical sections, good for kids, dogs & reasonably fit & adventurous elderly alike. I haven't been there in about 15 years, when the...

Jumping ahead to the last day of my trip (just to mix up the kinds of images I'm posting): the Rochester Panel is on the Moore cutoff road in Utah. It has some of the densest 'glyphs that I've seen. I first visited this panel around 2008. Apparently, there is debate as to whether it is...

I just got home from a seriously truncated trip to Utah as I wanted to outrun the next storm that would have had me pinned down for at least 2 days. As it was, I had foolishly paid attention to the low temperatures posted on the NOAA site (mid-high 20's) -- they were 10 degrees off on the...

I've usually gone to Corona Arch near Moab when I'm there in the winter, but just wasn't so excited about it this year. Still, I went, looking for a different composition. I drove by in late afternoon as evening is supposed to be good, but the parking lot was packed. This was late morning...

My favorite hike in the Moab area. This valley, which I would term a hanging valley, has petroglyphs on the cliffs to the right (I posted a panoramic shot of them a year or 2 ago). It's relatively lightly trafficked, probably due to absence of arches and gives a great view of the Behind the...

I've been absent from the forum for a bit: sold my house just as the market froze up, bought another, moved twice (out of my house & into a storage unit, then from storage unit to the new place) while trying to dodge Covid at places I was staying while in between (person returning from 3 weeks...

I was unable to get out of town for the last couple of weeks due to real estate contract stuff (selling my house & putting an offer on another), but when I had patients cancel because they were exposed to COVID, it gave me an extra half day off & I headed out of town. It wasn't a complete...