Angels, Tourists, Bikes

April 19th, 2016

That smell. It’s a smell that smelly, and when you smell it, you know what’s going to happen next. It fill the room, lingering with every breath you take. Sweet. Warm. Cinnamon. I crack open my eyes, clean my bed off the couch, and wander into the kitchen where Abby is busy at work cleaning […]

Pine Creek Canyon

April 18th, 2016

Another early day today, this time for a much “wetter” canyon. Abby’s friend Gordy would be our guide for the day, and we went through a similar routine as yesterday for Yankee Doodle. Up early, breakfast, and out the door to ZAC (Zion Adventure Company) for our gear. Though a little less of a mad […]

Yankee Doodle Went to a Sunset

April 17th, 2016

I’m not a morning person, never have been, as much as I try. The couch I’ve been sleeping on for the past 4 nights likes to split the cushions throughout the night. I fall asleep on a bed, and wake up in a blanket cocoon wedged in a fleece trough just wide enough for my […]

That O Trail and a Ghost Town

April 16th, 2016

Still recovering from the long previous 4 days, Max and I slept in a bit at the sacrifice of what we later learned to be good weather. By the time we were up and moving, a storm had rolled it, snowing in the upper canyon. Near white out conditions existed beyond 1 mile of visibility, […]