Bag Night Challenge 2015

YTD Total: 13 Nights

1 Night | Jan 30-31 @ 5th Water Hot Springs w/ @steve, @Tess, @Mike K, @LarryBoy, & @Sam De Vries
1 Night | Feb 15-16 @ Backyard campout w/ the kids
1 Night | Mar 18-19 @ Backyard, testing out Klymit X-Frame pad under Equinox Globe Skimmer tarp
1 Night | Apr 3-4 @ Frontyard - testing out some minor modifications on my hammock and tarp setup
2 Nights | Apr 9-11 @ Capitol Reef National Park
1 Night | May 24-25 @ Little Rock Canyon Overlook
1 Night | June 2-3 @ Silver Lake, AF Canyon
1 Night | June 5-6 @ Hobble Creek Canyon
1 Night | June 9-10 @ Chris Flat
1 Night | June 16-17 @ Naturalist Basin
1 Night | June 21-22 @ front yard (with the kids)
1 Night | June 23-24 @ Twin Lakes

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Feb 6 - Feb 8, 3 nites Grand Gulch
Mar 26 - Mar 29, 4 nites Escalante
Apr 26 - Apr 27, 2 nites Island Park
Apr 30 - May 3, 4 nites Death Hollow
May 10 - May 13, 4 nites Island Park
May 17 - May 23, 6 nites Island Park
May 25 - May 27, 3 nites Island Park
Jun 1 - Jun 2, 2 nites Island Park
Jun 9 - Jun 10, 2 nites Island Park
Jun 14 - Jun 18, 4 nites Island Park
Jun 22 - Jun 25, 4 nites Island Park ......................38 nites

Logs for the beams, bridge way and deck posts arrived. Picked up unused material. Installed bottom sill plates.....now waiting for framer to show up and start..... Getting hot and dry up here, fire season is showing up fast now........

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26 Nights

January 10-11 - backyard; sleeping pad warmth comparison
January 16 - 19 - Salt Creek Canyon; Canyonlands
January 30-February 1 - Fifth Water Hot Springs with @Tess , @steve , @Sam De Vries , @WasatchWill , and @Mike K
February 13-16 - Lower Grand Gulch (Collins Spring - San Juan River)
March 13-15 - Slickhorn Canyon
April 2-4 - Fish & Owl Canyons
April 25-May 3 - Hayduke Trail sections 2 & 3 (Moab - Hite)
May 22-25 - Under the Rim Trail; Bryce Canyon
June 12-14 - Brown Duck Mountain Loop; Uintas with @Sam De Vries
June 26-27 - Four Lakes Basin; Uintas

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26 nights total

Jan. 16th-18th: 2 nights, Valley of The Gods with @Miss Buffalo
Jan. 31st-Feb. 1st: 1 night, Antelope Island
Feb. 13th-16th: 3 nights, Valley of Fire
Mar. 5th - 9th: 4 nights, Virgin River Gorge, Alabama Hills, Eureka Dunes, and The Racetrack with @Miss Buffalo
Mar. 20th - 22nd: 2 nights, Indian Creek
Apr. 2nd- 5th: 3 nights, La Verkin Overlook, Grand Canyon South Rim
May 1st-4th: 3 nights, near Torrey, Willow Gulch, 40 Mile Ridge Road
May 7th-10th: 3 nights, Salt Creek Canyon
May 23rd-25th: 2 nights, Comb Wash
June 19th-21st: 2 nights, all girl camping trip in Flaming Gorge
June 27th-29th: 1 night, Naomi Lake

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2015 Total - 21 nights

January 24th - 2 nights in Leeds Creek
March 14th -1- Silver Mtns north of Wendover
March 26th -4- Tuckup canyon descent - Grand Canyon
May 1st -4- Death Hollow descent - Escalante
May 8th -2- Spencer Flat road camp - Escalante
June 8th -6- Jellystone finding wolves
June 26th -2- Uintas - 4 Lakes Basin

Exquisite Weekend in the 4 Lakes Basin - High Uintas Wilderness
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Ok I can finally clean this up and add a few more nights.

Total: 12

5/1-3: 2 Nights east of Zion NP
5/31: 1 Night Domingez-Escalante National Conservation Area, CO
6/1-5: 4 Nights East Elk Campground, Curecanti NRA, CO
6/22-25: 3 Nights Near Lake Solitude, Cloud Peak Wilderness, WY
6/26-28: 2 Nights Bighorn Lake, Mt Zirkel Wilderness, CO

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Update: 13 Nights

1 Night | X-Country Ski trip to the top of Alpine Loop. Slept in Snow Cave | Jan 16-17
1 Night | Snow Cave Camp with Scouts at Mammoth Reservoir | Feb 13-14
1 Night | Canyoneering Poison Springs Canyons | Feb 20-21
1 Night | Elberta Train Tunnel with Scouts | Mar 21-22
2 Nights | Canyoneering Rescue Training in Blanding | March 26-28
1 Night | Slate Canyon backpacking trip | May 22-23
1 Night | Double Arch Canyon - San Rafael Swell | June 12-13
1 Night | Green River - Nefertiti | June 22-23
3 Night | Oowah Lake - La Sal Mtns | June 23 - 25
1 Night | Burro Pass La Sal Mtns | June 26-27

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April 2015
1 night car camping near Emery
1 night car camping along Ernie Canyon road
1 night tent on Hurst Bridge
May 2015
2 nights car camping along Temple Mtn road
2 nights car camping along New Notom road
2 nights car camping CRNP
3 nights car camping along Burr Trail road
2 nights car camping along Spencer Flat road
3 nights tent Spencer Canyon/ Escalante River
3 nights car camping between Boulder and Escalante
1 nights car camping Virgin River SP, Arizona Strip
Total:
4 nights tent
17 nights car camping
That's all for our season - Utah 2015. Maybe more in the next year.

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Update with a big photo bomb. I tried to take photos of every campsite, but forgot a few.

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YTD: 46

3 nights | Inca Trail- Andes Mountains, Peru. | January
3 nights | Canyonlands | January
2 nights | Robbers Roost | February
3 nights | Trachyte Creek | March
4 nights | Grand Canyon-Tuckup Canyon | March
4 nights | The Maze | April
2 nights | GSENM, Escalante River Gorge | April
3 nights | Glen Canyon, Escalante fishing | May
3 nights | GSENM, Sheffield Road Exploration | May
1 night | White Rocks, West Desert |May
3 nights | Glen Canyon National Recreation Area- Waterpocket Wandering | June
15 nights | Iceland | June

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8 nights.

March 6th-7th - 1 night - Zion
March 24th-25th - 1 night - Kodachrome Basin
March 25th-26th - 1 night - Buckskin Gulch
March 26th-27th - 1 night - Arches
June 18th-21st - 3 nights - Green River Lakes/Three Forks Park
July 2nd-3rd - 1 night - Amethyst Basin
 
@slc_dan - 47! Looks like you were the only one tent camping in Iceland :cool: What kind of rental car is that? We look forward to a few landscape pics...
 
Total: 8
1 night - Feb. 6 at Mutual Dell for a Scout Klondike
3 nights - March 26-29 at Canyonlands with @steve and @Tess
3 nights - June 24-27 at Pine Island Lake
1 night - July 3rd at Wasatch Mtn. State Park. with the family...and a kid in a nearby camp that would not stop crying.
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28 Nights

January 10-11 - backyard; sleeping pad warmth comparison
January 16 - 19 - Salt Creek Canyon; Canyonlands
January 30-February 1 - Fifth Water Hot Springs with @Tess , @steve , @Sam De Vries , @WasatchWill , and @Mike K
February 13-16 - Lower Grand Gulch (Collins Spring - San Juan River)
March 13-15 - Slickhorn Canyon
April 2-4 - Fish & Owl Canyons
April 25-May 3 - Hayduke Trail sections 2 & 3 (Moab - Hite)
May 22-25 - Under the Rim Trail; Bryce Canyon
June 12-14 - Brown Duck Mountain Loop; Uintas with @Sam De Vries
June 26-27 - Four Lakes Basin; Uintas
July 2-4 - Sunburn Loop; Uintas

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Upper Red Castle Lake, as seen from the saddle between Wilson Peak and that unnamed 12600' peak to the north.

Kinda looks like a toilet seat, doncha think?
Really? I've never seen it from above that I can remember and am going to this summer. Great. Looks like a reflection pool. Your sunburn loop ???? Could it be from the north over Bald Mountain and then circumnavigating the Castle? That's my intent.
 
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