Geo: 31.9136, -109.141After leaving Alamogordo we drove to Paradise, Arizona, near Portal, AZ, which is a very popular birding area. We weren't there so much for the birds as for the hiking in the surrounding Chiricahua Mountains. So, here will be some pictures from the neat historical house, where we stayed on the 26th and 27th, as well as from the hike to Silver Peak and the trails in Chiricahua National Monument. After our night in Willcox, AZ, on the 28th, we drove back to New Mexico to Silver City before heading back to El Paso for our flight home on Saturday. ... read more

Geo: 34.7242, -82.7814We departed GSP Saturday, October 24th, at 10:25 AM (EDT) and arrived in El Paso, TX, around 3:30 PM (MDT). We picked up our rental car from Budget car rental. After a bit of confusion about our reservation, which I suspect was an attempt to charge us a higher rate, we managed to settle on the original terms. We drove to Alamogordo, NM, and checked into our motel. Sunday morning we drove to the smallvillage of Cloudcroft in the Sacramento mountains above Alamogordo. The village is a much smaller version of Gatlinburg, TN, with several touristy shops. Anne had read of several trails nearby that followed the bed of an old railroad that operated from the late 1800's to the mid 1900's. Hiked about 3.5 to 4 milesalong these trails, then drove back through ... read more

Geo: 64.8452, -147.722On Friday our flight to Fairbanks did not leave Gustavus until around 5:30 PM so we did a little more hiking near the lodge on the Tlingit and Bartlett River Trails. These trails combined were only about 6 miles total round trip from the lodge and involved very little elevation gain. The Tlingit trail followed the shore of Bartlett Cove for about a half mile then we followed the paved road to the Bartlett Rive Trailhead. Most of the river trail passed through a very dense old growth rain forest and led to the shore of the Bartlett River. Along the way we saw bear scat in two places so we were alert to the possibility of seeing a bear, but saw none. After our hike we checked out of the lodge and took ... read more

Geo: 58.3677, -134.58We arrived around 9:30 PM on Tuesday, June 16th and eventually caught the shuttle to our motel in downtown Juneau. The next day we did not need to leave for the airport for our flight on to Gustavus and Glacier Bay until around 2:00 PM. That gave us plenty of time to walk around and see the sights of downtown of Juneau. We actually returned to the airport well before our flight left so had time to take a hike to a trail around the Juneau airport. Here are just a few of the pictures from that day.... read more

Geo: 38.2989, -111.418On Thursday we drove up highway 12 to Torrey, Utah, and highway 24 on into Capitol Reef NP. We checked out the visitor center and then hiked about 2.5 miles into the Cohab Canyon and then about 2 miles along a ridge top on the Frying Pan trail. We then backtracked to the trailhead and drove to the Cassidy Arch Trailhead and hiked the 3.5 mile trail to the arch. Enjoyed remembering the Cassidy Arch trail from our visit 10 years earlier. Gained and lost over 1,000 feet in elevation a couple of times on these trails.On Friday, our last full day of the trip, we did one last short 4 mile hike on the Chimney Rock Loop trail. This one had a gain/loss of around 600 feet passing a ridge with views of ... read more