Monthly Archives: October 2014

Boulder City, NV One of the most popular hikes in the Lake Mead area is the Anniversary Narrows.  This hike takes you through a number of abandoned mines into a great slot canyon.  To get to  the trailhead we drove … Continue reading →

Boulder City, NV While hiking earlier this week, we spoke with a young couple who live in this area.  We asked about good hikes around Las Vegas and they recommended we look at a hike to Turtlehead Peak.  The peak … Continue reading →

Boulder City, NV In our last blog we wrote about missing a turn leading to the Liberty Bell Arch and ending up hiking down to the Arizona Hot Springs.  The next day we returned to the same trailhead, determined to … Continue reading →

Bolder City, NV On Saturday we left Valley of Fire and moved south of Las Vegas to Boulder City.  After moving every two or three days for the past month, we took a site in Canyon Trail RV Park for … Continue reading →

Valley of Fire, NV When we arrived at Valley of Fire State Park, we stopped at the visitor center to ask about hiking trails.  A park ranger told us about a little used trail that split off from the park’s … Continue reading →

Valley of Fire, NV We left Sand Hollow State Park, outside Hurricane UT, Thursday morning and headed south on I-15.  Our original plan called for a drive to Bolder City, south of Las Vegas.  But when we thought about our … Continue reading →

Hurricane, UT John was up one recent morning and noticed the beautiful sunrise in the east (the normal direction of sunrises in Utah) so he snapped a photo of it.  He shared the photo with Pam later as she hasn’t seen a … Continue reading →

Hurricane, UT Last year we were in southwestern Utah and drove up in the mountains to visit Cedar Breaks National Monument but it was still snowed in, even in mid-May.  So yesterday we drove about 40 miles north to Cedar … Continue reading →

Hurricane, UT After a day of rest provided by the nimble hiker, we headed east of Hurricane along Rte. 9 toward Zion NP.  In the little village of Virgin we turned north on Kolob Terrace Road.  We did a couple of … Continue reading →

Hurricane, UT On Thursday morning we pulled out of Baker, NV and headed to the southeast back into southwestern Utah.   The southwest corner of the state is known as Utah’s Dixie because the Mormon pioneers who settled the St. George area came to the … Continue reading →