Several weeks ago our old dog Leo, who had been with Kristina since she adopted him as a puppy, passed away. When she got him he was very anxious and afraid of the world, but with the help of a good dog trainer Kristina had made the world safe for him and given him a good life. Kristina felt the best way to … More Danger and Delight in Devil’s Playground
It was the evening before my January trip to Indian Canyon. As I walked to the “camping shed” to get my backpack and cross-country skis, some movement in the sky caught my attention. It was a large flock of Canada geese heading north through the sunset. A moment later an even larger flock flew up … More Indian Canyon through the year – January
Several years ago I took a couple of Utah State University botany classes taught by botanist Sherel Goodrich, co-author of Uinta Basin Flora (Goodrich and Neese, 1986) and Uinta Flora (Goodrich and Huber, 2020). Learning from Goodrich was an amazing experience that deepened my knowledge of, and interest in, the plants of the mountains and … More Weird Trees: Encountering the Bristlecone Pines of Indian Canyon
As we start this new year I’ve been thinking about the past year. 2016 was a big year for Kristina and I as we got married and started our new life together. It was a year of a lot of firsts, including our first Thanksgiving together as a married couple. We decided that rather than … More Thanksgiving on the Beach
I’m so lucky to have found and married somebody who shares my love of hiking in wild desert places. I’d been wanting to take Kristina to a little canyon in the area I call “the land between” and we went there for our most recent hike. It’s a place I remembered fondly even though it … More Coyote Canyon
Uintah Wildman 