Bag Night Challenge 2018

Halfway to my goal for the year after spending some time this weekend between Hanksville and Hite. The no-see-ums are getting pretty bad down there...

Total: 30 Nights

Jan 5-6 | Cottonwood Wash | 1
Jan 26-29 | Jacobs Tanks & Stateline | 3
Feb 9-11 | Big Flat & Willow Springs | 2
Feb 23-25 | Squaw Flat | 2
Mar 2-3 | Angel Point | 1
Mar 9-12 | The Needles | 3
Mar 15-18 | Ex-Bears Ears | 3
Mar 23-25 | San Rafael Swell | 2
Apr 4-9 | The Maze | 5
Apr 13-15 | Indian Creek | 2
Apr 20-24 | Grand Gulch | 4
May 4-6 | Glen Canyon NRA & Cedar Point | 2


Cedar Point Campsite by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr


Andy Miller Flats Campsite by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr
 
Total: 18 Nights

Feb 1 | Bears Ears | 3 Nights
Mar 16 | San Rafael Swell | 1 Night
Mar 30 | Toroweap | 2 Nights
April 13 | Escalante Backpacking | 3 Nights
April 20 | Rafting Ruby Horsethief | 3 Nights
April 25 | Gates of Lodore | 4 Nights
May 4 | Zion Canyoneering: Mystery, Pine Creek & Keyhole | 2 Nights

Awesome to meet @Ben and do some canyons in Zion this weekend. Here he is doing his rock star pose at the top of Mystery Falls while the tourii in the Narrows take photos 120 feet below.

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Total: 10 Nights

2 | Jan 20-22 @ Valley of the Gods & Cedar Mesa
1 | Feb 19-20 @ Moab Area
1 | Mar 16-17 @ The Wedge
2 | Apr 3-5 @ Capitol Reef
2 | Apr 5-7 @ Torrey
2 | May 4-6 @ Torrey

Double Digits! Forgot to take a pic of my new Warbonnet Blackbird hammock I slept in for the first time, so here's a pic from scouting out the final section from an off-trail route I hope to spend a night or two on in a month (if not, this fall).

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2018 - 10 Nights

2 - Walked my loop from Squaw Flat in the Needles District CNP 2/2
1 - Uintas MLH 4/1
2 - Silver Reef in Dixie 4/6
3 - Escalante backpacking with @Nick, @neiloro and @Jen 4/19
2 - White Horse Mountains, eastern Nevada 5/4

Grilled eggplant w/mozzarella, basil, tomato and garlic, a nice Cabernet in one hand, dog throw stick in the other. A big bit of heaven. And there was a bag in the trailer so I am counting it! Looking for wild granite and white horses in the White Horse Mountains.

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Artemus said:
2018 - 10 Nights

2 - Walked my loop from Squaw Flat in the Needles District CNP 2/2
1 - Uintas MLH 4/1
2 - Silver Reef in Dixie 4/6
3 - Escalante backpacking with @Nick, @neiloro and @Jen 4/19
2 - White Horse Mountains, eastern Nevada 5/4

Grilled eggplant w/mozzarella, basil, tomato and garlic, a nice Cabernet in one hand, dog throw stick in the other. A big bit of heaven. And there was a bag in the trailer so I am counting it! Looking for wild granite and white horses in the White Horse Mountains.

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You filled us in on the Horses, now we need an update on the Granite!
 
Rockskipper said:
a nice Cabernet in one hand

@Artemus did you set up your trailer tipped forward like that so you wouldn't roll out the back door?:)
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Actually, Rock, that trailer is perfectly level. You may not believe the effort that was put into leveling both the fore and aft direction but also the port to starboard position. I pride myself on this important part of the trailer positioning. Otherwise that one pesky drawer keeps rolling open and the frittata burns on the uphill side. :moses:

Don't you?
 
Must be the camera angle. I love the luxury and climate control of trailers, but hate pulling them. Yours looks pretty sweet. I may have to reconsider and get one, since I can't seem to save enough for a Tiger.
 
Total 13 nights
Goal 45 nights

No bike this trip! Too freaking wet every where. Drove from IF to Twin to see Balance Rock and Shoshone Falls. Left IF around midnight Friday/Saturday morning. Slept in back of 4runner in Rupert on some farm road. Hit Balance and Shoshone then down to Wells to see a ghost town Metropolis and met up with friends at 12 mile hot spring. Again slept in back of the 4runner. Headed to Utah to stop at REI..I know I said I wasn't going to shop there but I need new hiking shoes. Then stop see Mom and my wicked Step Mother.

Happy Mother's Day to all you badass outdoorsy mom's.

12 Mile Hot Spring, NV 5/12
Rupert, ID 5/11
Vernal, Utah 4/27-4/29
Moab, Utah 4/20-4/22
West Desert, Utah 3/31
Fruita, Colorado 3/17-3/22



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I had a nice windy weekend in the southern Swell and Blue Hills.

Total: 32 Nights

Jan 5-6 | Cottonwood Wash | 1
Jan 26-29 | Jacobs Tanks & Stateline | 3
Feb 9-11 | Big Flat & Willow Springs | 2
Feb 23-25 | Squaw Flat | 2
Mar 2-3 | Angel Point | 1
Mar 9-12 | The Needles | 3
Mar 15-18 | Ex-Bears Ears | 3
Mar 23-25 | San Rafael Swell | 2
Apr 4-9 | The Maze | 5
Apr 13-15 | Indian Creek | 2
Apr 20-24 | Grand Gulch | 4
May 4-6 | Glen Canyon NRA & Cedar Point | 2
May 11-13 | Hidden Splendor & Skyline Rim | 2

http://adventr.co/2018/05/muddy-creek-country/


Sy Butte by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr


Skyline Rim Dawn by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr
 
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We went on a relaxing overnight trip to the North Rim of the Black Canyon this weekend.

Total: 33 Nights

Jan 5-6 | Cottonwood Wash | 1
Jan 26-29 | Jacobs Tanks & Stateline | 3
Feb 9-11 | Big Flat & Willow Springs | 2
Feb 23-25 | Squaw Flat | 2
Mar 2-3 | Angel Point | 1
Mar 9-12 | The Needles | 3
Mar 15-18 | Ex-Bears Ears | 3
Mar 23-25 | San Rafael Swell | 2
Apr 4-9 | The Maze | 5
Apr 13-15 | Indian Creek | 2
Apr 20-24 | Grand Gulch | 4
May 4-6 | Glen Canyon NRA & Cedar Point | 2
May 11-13 | Hidden Splendor & Skyline Rim | 2
May 19-20 | North Rim of the Black Canyon | 1

http://adventr.co/2018/05/the-north-rim-of-the-black-canyon/


The Painted Wall by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr


North Rim Campsite by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr
 
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