The Adventures of Kinky Reggae: A Vagabond for Beauty

I was stuck in town for like, three weekends in a row and I NEEDED to get away! This is the problem with social media... when I scroll through Instagram, I am extremely susceptible to FOMO. I see other people outside and I need to be outside, too! Unfortunately, our winter has not lent itself to outdoor excursions (unless you're a skier). I went through all my guidebooks and found something that sounded promising in the Kelsey book- Canyon Pintado, a corridor near Rangely that is full of ancient rock art. I spent the night in Vernal and was so excited to explore the next morning. It was in the single digits, but that wasn't stopping me! Looking back on the day, I really didn't see that much. But it just felt good to be out doing something. The first stop was the longest hike that took me to the Sun Dagger Panel. According to the interpretive panel, at 10:00 a.m. "the overhang ledge casts a shadow that exactly bisects all three circles at the same time." I als

For some of us, it was a fabulous day. For one of us, it was the worst day. Benson Creek is about 3.5 hours away, but since it's a short canyon, we decided to do it as a day trip. Katie worked at a Jazz game the night before, so she was up till 1:30 a.m. Chase and Amy and I picked her up at 7 a.m. Not ideal, but Katie was excited to do the canyon, so it was worth it to sacrifice some sleep. She had also taken that night off work so she wouldn't have to worry about making it back to SLC by a certain time. We were not expecting so much snow on the approach. We knew the canyon would be icy. (In fact, that's what we were hoping for.) But we hadn't anticipated snow so deep that we were sinking down up to our knees with every step. Chase, Amy and I were all wearing snow boots. Katie, in her rush to get out the door that morning, had just grabbed her canyoneering shoes, which have mesh sides. Within a half hour of hiking, her feet were numb. We stopped to confer and Kati