Intimidating relief of the Ko olau Range as seen from the Pali Highway – Oahu, Hawaii While in Hawaii on business I had the opportunity to travel Hawaii Route 61 which is better known as the PALI Highway. I had a few hours to kill before my flight so I took a drive around the [...]
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PALI ROAD and the Legend of the MENEHUNE – Oahu, Hawaii
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012All Gave Some – Some Gave All……………..USS Bowfin – Submarine Waterfront Memormial – Pearl Harbor, HI
Monday, January 9th, 2012Memorial Markers for Submarines lost during WWII – USS Battleship Missouri and USS Arizona Memorial in background – Pearl Harbor, HI “No words can sufficiently do justice to the sacrafice made by these men. We simply ask that you take a minute, walk the ring and honor the memory of these fallen heros” The American [...]
Following an old mining trail -Treking in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Sunday, November 27th, 2011“A picture is a poem without words” Horace Went on the first snow shoeing trek of the year with my wife yesterday. I had always heard the tales of how the miners back in the 1800’s would make a day trip over the passes from Alta in Little [...]
MOUNT EVERGREEN and SILVER LAKE – Wasatch Mountains, Utah
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Silver Lake – Big Cottonwood Canyon – Wasatch Mountains, Utah “Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same” Ralph Waldo Emerson As the nights become cooler and the sun sets a bit earlier each day an amazing transformation occurs along the benches and in the mountains of Utah. The Gamble [...]
A trail ride in the mountains with Uinta Recreation – Wasatch Mountains, Utah
Monday, September 26th, 2011Had one of the best outdoor experiences ever the other weekend when my family and I traveled up to Heber,Utah to go for an ATV ride. We don’t have ATVs so I looked around on the internet and came across the Uinta Recreation website and I was impressed with the presentation there so I [...]
ASTORIA, OREGON – Gateway to the Mighty Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean; by Jaromy Jessop
Sunday, September 4th, 2011Downtown Astoria, Oregon with the Astoria-Megler Bridge in the background crossing the Mighty Columbia River “Ocian in view, o the joy” Captain William Clark upon reaching the Pacific One of the more incredible places I have ever been has to be Astoria, Oregon. There are so many interesting things to see and the setting [...]
Cardiac Peak -10,263 feet – A nice August stroll in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Friday, August 12th, 2011Area above “Hells Gate” on the trail to Cardiac Peak – Wasatch Mountains, Utah Went for a hike into the Wasatch Mountains above Alta. Started from the town hall parking lot and made our way up to Cardiff Pass at over 9,800 feet. Then we climbed up the broken red rock to the top of [...]
Mount Wolverine – Short intense hike in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011View of Wasatch above Albion Basin – Along Wolverine Route; Wasatch Mtns, Utah The route up to the summit of 10,795 foot Mount Wolverine in the WasatchMountains of Utah is probably the most rewarding hike you can do for the distance involved. State Highway 210 climbs up Little Cottonwood Canyon about 15 miles south of [...]
Sunset Peak – One of the most accessible 10,000 footers in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Tuesday, August 9th, 201110,645 foot Sunset Peak – Wasatch Mountains, Utah Sunset Peak sits atop the headwall of three canyons in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah – Little Cottonwood, Snake Creek and Big Cottonwood Canyons. It is accessed either from the Brighton Ski Resort area via the 3.5 mile “Lake Mary” trail or from Little Cottonwood Canyon’s Albion [...]
The town that time forgot……………Cherry Creek, Nevada
Monday, August 8th, 2011Cherry Creek Cemetery, Steptoe Valley, Nevada “Time and Tide wait for no man” Old English Proverb A quick visit to Hamilton, Piermont, or Ward will certainly prove the above proverb true. The Great Basin of Nevada is full of old sleepy Ghost towns that time seemingly forgot. Similarly, the same is true [...]
Treking off the trail in the Organ Mountains – New Mexico
Thursday, July 14th, 2011Organ Mountain Crest from upper Aguirre Springs Trail – New Mexico Continuing to document my adventures in New Mexico, I will describe a great trip I made into the Organ Mountains of Southern New Mexico. This range is incredible when viewed from the White Sands area in the east and especially from the city of [...]