Accomplishing state highpoints wasn’t a serious goal for me until COVID killed all kinds of other plans I had this year. A few of these have already been on my bucket list for a while now, but not with any kind of serious effort to git’em done. So with COVID making the door clear and…
Tag: hiking
Backpacking Zion’s West Rim Trail
I know the West Rim Trail can be done as a day hike from Lava Point, but we chose to spread it out and slow it down by starting at Wildcat. That made it a 3-day, 2-night trip which turned out great! Here’s our itinerary: DAY 1: Travel + Hike to Wildcat Camp Our first…
Setting Goals Drives More Focus
Someone recently asked, how do you get in the habit of doing regular hikes? My suggestion was to set a goal. Last year, I wanted to beat my previous year’s mileage by 100. This year I set a goal to do 50 miles/month. I’ve seen others set goals for # of peaks or # of hikes…
Havasupai: a Grand Canyon Oasis
There’s a lot of info out there about Havasupai that would be redundant if I repeated it again here. Instead, I prefer to share the itinerary of our first trip to this amazing Grand Canyon oasis and let you reference that for your planning needs. DAY 1 – Travel Day I wasn’t a big fan…