Bag Night Challenge 2012

I'm off to a slow start, but with 30 days coming up in August under the stars, I may be in the running!

3 nights, April 5-7: Faver Dykes State Park, St. Augustine, Florida.​

I'd count a couple other nights I passed out on the beach, but I don't remember the dates, or much else. :sleepy2:
 
Bag nights Total: 14
3/16 Arches 1 night
5/17-5/20 Zion 3 nights
6/2 Uinta's 1 night
6/15-6/17 Uinta's 2 nights (Shady Dell Campground)
6/22-6/24 Uinta's 2 nights
7/6-7/8 Wilder Lake Uinta's 2 nights
7/15-7/17 Uinta's 2 nights (Butterfly Lake Campground)
7/23 1 night (Sourdough Wilderness Ranch) near Huntsville
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Total: 8 Nights

4/21/2012 - Swell (1 night)
5/4 to 5/5/2012 - Escalante (2 nights)
5/11/2012 - Liberty (1 night)
6/1/2012 - People Hell (1 night) Crystal Hot Springs with the scouts.
7/19 to 7/21/2012 - Grandaddy Lake (2 nights)
7/26/2012 - Moosehorn Lake (1 night)
 
Having to look at my picture folders for 2012 to come close, but I know I'm still forgetting some as I didn't take pictures on several trips this year. But, as best as I can reconstruct:

Robbers Roost, Jan. - 2 nights
Maverick Springs/Medicine/Cherry Creek ranges Nevada, Jan. - 4 nights
Upper Mary's River to Humbolt, Nevada, Jan. - 3 nights
Owyhee Desert Nevada, Feb. - 3 nights
Butler Wash/Comb Ridge/Cedar Mesa, Feb. - 3 nights
The Swell, Feb. - 1 night
The Swell, Mar. - 2 nights
I can't remember anywhere I went in April! Did I really stay home in April? Man my CRS is getting out of hand...
North Rim/AZ Strip, May - 4 nights
The Swell, May - 2 nights
Boulder Mountain, Jun. - 3 nights
Amethyst Basin, Jun. - 2 nights
Henry Mtns and Elk Ridge, Jul. - 4 nights

So, at least 33 nights total. Will have 5 more nights backpacking the Uintas starting day after tomorrow :D. Another 5 in three weeks in the La Sals. That will put me up to 43 before the end of August. Should end up somewhere between 50-55 for the year.

Edit: Just remembered a trip in April, one of the best all year actually. Seven Mile, Smith Fork, Halls Creek and Happy Canyon - 3 nights. So 36 total (that I can remember...) so far this year.

- DAA
 
Total: 17 Nights

April 7-8 | Comb Wash | 1 Night
April 21-22 | Muley Point | 1 Night
April 28-29 | Dominguez Canyon | 1 Night
May 5-6 | Indian Creek | 1 Night
May 18-20 | Coyote Valley | 2 Nights
May 29-28 | Devils Kitchen & Peekaboo | 2 Nights
June 8-10 | Cedar Mesa | 2 Nights
June 16-17 | Gray Copper Gulch | 1 Night
June 23-24 | Mineral Creek | 1 Night
June 29-30 | Nellie Creek | 1 Night
July 13-15 | Cottonwood Canyon & Peekaboo | 2 Nights
July 20-21 | Stevens Gulch | 1 Night
July 28-29 | Paradise Divide | 1 Night
 
adding a couple more nights..
Bag Nights... 3
6/23/12 Lake Desolation - Hammock time
7/27-9/12 KermsUh Lake - More Hammock time with the wife this time
 
DAA said:
So 36 total (that I can remember...) so far this year.

- DAA
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Yowza! Looks like you're the king of bag nights for now! This could be tough to keep up...

My latest count:

Total: 31 Nights

Jan 1-2 | Vermillion Cliffs | 1 Night
Jan 13-14 | Island in The Sky | 1 Night
March 10-22 | Coal Pits Wash | 1 Night
March 23-25 | Sand Creek | 2 Nights
April 6-8 | Little Death Hollow | 2 Nights
April 19-22 | Maidenwater, Trachyte and Swett | 3 nights
April 27-29 | North Temple Wash & Chimney Canyon | 2 Nights
May 11-12 | Uintas: North Fork Provo River | 1 Night
May 17-20 | Zion: West Rim & Subway | 3 Nights
May 24-28 | The Maze | 4 Nights
May 31-June 1 | Lake Blanche | 1 Night
June 14-17 | The Zion Narrows & Subway | 3 Nights
June 22-24 | Imogene and Hellroaring Lake, Sawtooths | 2 Nights
July 5-7 | Wind Rivers: Cook Lakes Loop | 2 Nights
July 21-22 | Leidy Peak to Chepeta | 1 Night
July 27-29 | Priord Lake, Uintas | 2 Nights
 
37 nights total


3/10-3/11 | Coal Pits Wash | 1 night
3/11-3/12 | Red Cliffs Recreation Area | 1 night
3/12-3/14 | Snow Canyon SP | 2 nights
3/14-3/16 | Valley of Fire SP | 2 nights
4/3-4/7 | Meeks Mesa, Capitol Reef | 4 nights
5/24-5/28 | The Maze | 4 nights
5/30-5/31 | Dance Hall Rock | 1 night
5/31-6/2 | Coyote Gulch | 2 nights
6/2-6/5 | Escalante | 4 nights
6/6-6/7 | Natural Bridges NM | 1 night
6/7-6/8 | Cathedral Butte TH | 1 night
6/8-6/11| Salt Creek Canyon | 3 nights
6/11-6/12| Cathedral Butte TH | 1 night
6/13-6/15| Bryce Canyon | 2 nights
6/15-6/17| Zion NP | 2 nights
7/6-7/8 | Golden Hill SP, NY | 2 nights
7/13-7/15| Allegany SP, NY | 2 nights
8/2-8/4 | Allegany SP, NY | 2 nights finally they opened the park again after a tornado and some nasty straight line winds hit the park hard last week.
 
Another night
Bag Nights... 4 yeah 4..
6/23/12 Lake Desolation - Hammock time
7/27-9/12 KermsUh Lake - More Hammock time with the wife this time
8/3-4/12 South Willow Canyon - Hanging out with all of my Fems (car camping)
 
I'll play. Long ago I started tracking my nights on the ground under the stars. I rate the quality of my year by this number of nights and the goal is 40 nights. Anything less than that is a shame and that year wasn't as good as it should have been. It is a primary life goal. I keep track in a folder or place called my fun done folder. This is also how I keep track of the places I have been and the photos I have taken.

So anyway, here is my annual totals (full disclosure: a few years back my wife and I bought a backcountry trailer for winter camping and a small number of my nights, mostly in the winter, were out under the stars but in our trailer usually at the end of some dirt road. I count 'em because they fulfill my purpose of keeping track in the first place.)

2012 todate: 16
2011: 36
2010: 47
2009: 24
2008: 41
2007: 40
2006: 54 !!
2005: 38
2004: 24
2003: 26
2002: 39

And yes I have a full time job but have had a few voluntary furloughs of a couple of weeks or more. A weekend warrior... But I work to live and not vice versa. Living for me involves wilderness and the outdoors.
 
Total: 18 Nights

April 7-8 | Comb Wash | 1 Night
April 21-22 | Muley Point | 1 Night
April 28-29 | Dominguez Canyon | 1 Night
May 5-6 | Indian Creek | 1 Night
May 18-20 | Coyote Valley | 2 Nights
May 29-28 | Devils Kitchen & Peekaboo | 2 Nights
June 8-10 | Cedar Mesa | 2 Nights
June 16-17 | Gray Copper Gulch | 1 Night
June 23-24 | Mineral Creek | 1 Night
June 29-30 | Nellie Creek | 1 Night
July 13-15 | Cottonwood Canyon & Peekaboo | 2 Nights
July 20-21 | Stevens Gulch | 1 Night
July 28-29 | Paradise Divide | 1 Night
August 4-5 | Big Flat | 1 Night
 
Total - 41 nights (just added 5 nights in the Uintas)

Robbers Roost, Jan. - 2 nights
Maverick Springs/Medicine/Cherry Creek ranges Nevada, Jan. - 4 nights
Upper Mary's River to Humbolt, Nevada, Jan. - 3 nights
Owyhee Desert Nevada, Feb. - 3 nights
Butler Wash/Comb Ridge/Cedar Mesa, Feb. - 3 nights
The Swell, Feb. - 1 night
The Swell, Mar. - 2 nights
Halls Creek/Happy Canyon, Apr. - 3 nights
North Rim/AZ Strip, May - 4 nights
The Swell, May - 2 nights
Boulder Mountain, Jun. - 3 nights
Amethyst Basin, Jun. - 2 nights
Henry Mtns and Elk Ridge, Jul. - 4 nights
Uintas, Jul/Aug - 5 nights

- DAA
 
langutah said:
DAA.... You GO boy! You are giving Nick and Miss Buffalo a run for thier money. Well done.
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I'm still waiting for my main camping season here in Western New York: fall foliage and waterfalls in October ;)
one of the most busy times for me

Anyway, beside that I will add 6 more nights end of August to Labor Day with a trip to the Adirondacks.
 
19 Nights Total

3/10: 1 night Coalpits Wash, Zion
3/24: 1 night Sand Creek
4/5-4/7: 2 nights Hole In The Rock Road
4/21: 1 night Capitol Reef
5/2-5/4: 2 nights Stateline Campground
5/12: 1 night West Rim, Zion
5/26-5/28: 2 nights Dinosaur National Monument
5/29: 1 night Dance Hall Rock
5/30-6/1: 2 nights Coyote Gulch
6/22-6/24: 2 nights Moosehorn Lake, Uintas
7/6-7/8: 2 nights Amethyst Basin, Uintas
8/3-8/5: 2 nights Ryder Lake, Uintas
 
Total: 20 Nights

April 7-8 | Comb Wash | 1 Night
April 21-22 | Muley Point | 1 Night
April 28-29 | Dominguez Canyon | 1 Night
May 5-6 | Indian Creek | 1 Night
May 18-20 | Coyote Valley | 2 Nights
May 29-28 | Devils Kitchen & Peekaboo | 2 Nights
June 8-10 | Cedar Mesa | 2 Nights
June 16-17 | Gray Copper Gulch | 1 Night
June 23-24 | Mineral Creek | 1 Night
June 29-30 | Nellie Creek | 1 Night
July 13-15 | Cottonwood Canyon & Peekaboo | 2 Nights
July 20-21 | Stevens Gulch | 1 Night
July 28-29 | Paradise Divide | 1 Night
August 4-5 | Big Flat | 1 Night
August 10-12 | Clear Lake & Lower Ice Lake Basin | 2 Nights
 
21 nights

3/16 & 3/17 Escalante - Calf Creek
3/22 & 3/23 Island in the sky
3/30 Kodachorme basin
3/31 white pocket
4/8 Samuel P Taylor State Park, CA
4/9 Backpacking - Point Reyes, CA
4/20 & 4/21 Capitol Reef
4/26 & 4/27 San Rafael Swell
5/17, 5/18, & 5/19 - Zion
6/9 Uintas - Trial Lake Area
6/15 & 6/17 Uintas Lost Creek
7/12 Backpacking - Emerald Lake/Timpanogos
8/10 & 8/11 Backpacking - 3 Divides, Uintas
 
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