Bristlecone Pines and Chocolate Lakes

June 12, 13

We moved from Mammoth, where it was merely warm, to Bishop, where it was decidedly hot. Thankfully, none of our hiking activities were in Bishop but in the nearby mountains at close to 10,000 ft, where the temperatures were pleasant. One nice thing about Bishop is that it has a Mexican […]

Agnew Lake, Parker Lake, and Little Lakes Basin

June 9, 10, 11

Reservations were made weeks ago for our trip to Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Durango (and maybe some Moab too), but consecutive drought years brought on early season fires and national forest closures in the area. It might have been fine, or it might have been ugly smokey, and for sure […]

Hiking and exploring in Capitol Reef National Park

A few showers on the cliffs

After a few days in Zion, we moved on to Torrey, UT in order to check out Capitol Reef. We have been in the area a few times—in fact, we made a brief stop here a year ago. I wanted to find some new areas to explore and specifically […]