State of Wilderness

Month: September 2014

  • Bryce Canyon National Park: Submission or Serendipity?

    By the time we got to Bryce Canyon that Sunday night in July, I was really darn sick.  We were also extremely hungry.  We had driven pretty hard to try to make it to our place to sleep for the night, and hadn’t time to stop for food.  We had driven past a Subway in…

  • Lower Calf Creek Falls

    Location: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Boulder UT Details:  moderate hike, 5-7 miles round trip, takes average of 3-4 hours for most people to complete.  Park at the Calf Creek Campground and follow the signs.  $3 use fee required. Highlight:  you can swim in the water when you get there.  It’s cold, though! We got to…