Author: brendaschaffer

Wabbit!

Back up the road toward Moab we take a left to head for Mill Creek for a hike we were told about. First, there’s an area near the

Breakfast! Nothing like a good B&B breakfast. Coffee, OJ, blueberry waffles or pancakes, fruit… a great way to start our day. Today begins a lesson in compromise. I

It’s morning again–beautiful, clear and crisp. The morning begins with my thoughts wandering ahead of me into the day. The journey out would take us back up that

It’s true. Give me a pick and a fire opal or trilobite or geode digging site and I can wack away at the ground happily for hours on

It’s morning. We wake to a thinner chorus of toads. Have they buzzed all night long? We resume our hiking past the second Squaw Canyon campsite and begin

How can this be? The B&B was so peaceful; the bed so comfortable; and yet I barely slept. Never-the-less, the morning is off to a wonderful start over

We wake. The wind has gusted most of the evening with sporadic rain. We crawl out to greet the day: black skies to the north and patches of

The sun peeks into the tent and we rouse. Thankfully Jason is ready to heat water for coffee in response to the morning chill. My response is to

Our first stop was to confirm our backcountry permits with the ranger. I recalled a simple portable type building with a long counter behind which a couple ranges