nevada

Our second day in southern Utah was spent in Nevada. :) Our group was very fashionably late to breakfast at Golden Corral in St. George where we met with a large group of geocachers for their annual event held the first weekend of March. We picked up some other people after breakfast and...

Late summer wind whipped the American flag into a mad fury. The bright banner snapped and cracked against itself like the clucking tongue of a disapproving parent. The folding and unfurling, the rising and settling of the cloth, sent shudders down the hollow metal pole. Standing below on...

When I mentioned in Part One that I felt like I was cooking at Valley Of Fire, I kind of was. I’d been diligent about reapplying sunscreen the day before, except that I was wearing capris and I forgot to do my legs.D’oh! My legs hadn’t seen the sun for a while, and I was a crispy critter. I...

This will be the second trip report I’ve posted on BCP thus far, and I’m going to split it into two parts, so I guess that will make three. Part one will be from my visit to Valley Of Fire, and part two will be from the other side of Lake Mead, in the Gold Butte area. I’m going to try to get a...

On Saturday my little brother and I headed down to Great Basin NP. Our first stop was the Lehman Caves. They are very impressive. If you go, get the 90 minute tour rather than the 30 or 60 minute tour. We got the 60 minute tour and it skipped a significant portion of the caves. The first room...

Wheeler Peak April 1-3, 2013 Last week my buddy Mark and I headed to Great Basin National Park to ski Wheeler Peak. The skies were stormy around Park City and the lightning show continued as we headed past Delta, into the middle of nowhere. Nobody goes to Wheeler Peak so the...

Having been stuck in Salt Lake's inversion for several weeks. We looked for warmer weather. Typically Vegas has no draw for me, but with a storm clearing the air down there and it being cold and gloomy here, we decided to venture. The area is comprised of a 30 mile scenic loop drive. Hiking...

Death Valley Trip 2013 | Day 1 Saturday, February 9, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO It's been an unusually long and cold winter this year in Grand Junction. That's why I'm glad I started planning my first trip to Death Valley a few months earlier. It would be nice to get out...

My family and I bought tickets to see the Beach Boys 50th anniversary tour in Las Vegas and rather than just run down to Vegas we opted to camp Saturday night on the way down (concert was Sunday) and do a little more camping in Zion on Monday. It was Memorial Day weekend so we obviously could...

Valley of Fire, Spring Break 2012 I've been to Valley of Fire a few years ago and somehow it wasn't very appealing to me. I think the bad waetehr was the reason, because with grey skies nothing looks really interesting. So I blamed my negative experiences with the park to the weather and that...

Las Vegas Trip 2012 Thursday, March 15, 2012 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO After another night at our hotel in Las Vegas we were up early and on our way out of the city and over to Valley of Fire State Park. I was looking forward to visiting this amazing little area and we were...

Las Vegas Trip 2012 Wednesday, March 14, 2012 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO It was our second day in Las Vegas and we were ready to get out of the city again. After sleeping in we headed out to visit Hoover Dam. When we arrived, we decided that we didn't want to pay or wait in a...

Las Vegas Trip 2012 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO It was our first full day in Las Vegas and we both could already tell that this city wasn't the place for us. We had tickets in the evening for the Blue Man Group, so we decided to spend the morning just...

Every year my family goes down to Vegas to get their redneck on for Nascar. Occasionally, I'll tag along because I can have a place to stay on the strip, do the Vegas thing and mainly get out and explore. After the first night out on the town, I was ready to get out and do some hiking. My main...

Last March some friends and I decided we'd go support the Aggies at the WAC tournament in Vegas. I was really excited as I had never been to Vegas before. Ok, that's not entirely true... I did spent a few hours in Vegas as a 8th grader where I got kicked out of Circus Circus for playing the...

Took a quick trip to Valley of Fire State Park (VOF), NV over the MLK weekend. If anyone has never been to VOF it is similar to the Red Cliffs Recreation area near St. George, but the big difference is VOF is Red Cliffs but on steriods. The windows, holes, arches, tunnels, petroglyphs, etc are...