Bloody Kansas, Move Day 2 (Holbrook to Dodge City)

That’s right, Kansas. More importantly: I’ve lost my sunflower seed inner-cheek callous. There will be a few more days of pain as the tissues rebuild. Got on the road before 6 this morning. Covered 697 miles today. If you want to know what a place looks like *right before* it turns into a ghost town,

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Big Move, Day 1 (San Diego to Holbrook)

It begins! That’s my truck(‘s shadow). Miles Driven: 521 Gas Mileage: 16 (!) — kind of ridiculous. It’s the same mileage I got on the cross-country road trip, only this time I got the bed of the truck full to the gills and am pulling 2,000 lbs. worth of crap in a U-Haul trailer that’s

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Doubling Your Likelihood of Death!

Or tripling. Seriously, this is posted, right now, on CNN: Your chance of death, YOUR CHANCE OF DEATH, is 100-percent, regardless of what lifestyle behaviors you pursue. You will die. You will not die twice or even three times. Just once. But definitely once. No matter what. bkd

Utah’s Paria Canyon, An Overnighter

Hike started at the Paria Townsite, about 30 miles east of Kanab. The townsite was an actual town until 1900 or so and then was later used as the site for some (purpose-built) sets for a few western movies (of which I’ve only seen The Outlaw Josey Wales). Headed up the Paria River and through

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Gantt Chart for My Home Renovation Project (in Pittsburgh)

Spent about a day doing this, figure someone besides myself should get the *rich opportunity* to look at it. (You can click on it a couple times to get the full-size, legible version. I think.) ‘Course I’m not so worried about being project manager as I am about being project team. House is supposed to

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Spooky Gulch, Peek-a-Boo Gulch, and Dry Fork Hike

I was told that I had to do the “beginner” slot canyons along the Hole-in-the-Rock Road once in my life. They’re tourist hikes, thus the reluctance. If not for that, they’re pretty fantastic (was the gist). They were pretty fantastic and there were a lot of tourists. Frex, here’s half of the parking lot: It’s

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Snow on the Hoodoos: The Bryce Canyon Story

I went on down the Navajo Loop and connecting to the Queens Garden trail. Pretty and short and a little icy and steep at the top of Navajo. For some reason, probably because they’re mean, bitter people, the Parks Service closed the Wall Street trail — which is sort of the whole reason to come to Bryce. I mean, you know, that and the hoodoos, but whatever.

Red Canyon, Black Heart: A (Brief) Hike

Red Canyon is in Southern Utah. It’s a little place that’s west of Bryce Canyon, which is a bigger place. Maybe. I haven’t measured. Bryce Canyon doesn’t seem all that big to be honest. While at Red Canyon, I hiked the Cassidy Trail up and then hung a left onto the Rich Trail (thinking this would help with my finances) and then, at the appropriate time, took the Ledge Point Trail.

My New (Used) Car: An FAQ

So I’m not necessarily *excited* about the car, but then again, it’s not a car I bought for the sake of excitement. It’ll definitely get good mileage. I bought it from a known source that I know isn’t trying to scam me. It was cheap enough that if it spontaneously combusts RIGHT NOW, I’ll recover financially.

Southern Utah Itinerary

Sort of just a quick post about the road trip I’m going on/am on. To Southern Utah. Escalante area and Paria Canyon 4-dayer. Woot.