The Adventures of Kinky Reggae: A Vagabond for Beauty

A few weeks ago, Katie and I explored some waterfalls as part of a special project she's working on. Our first stop was the Grotto in Payson. It's just 1.2 miles round tip, making it a very popular destination. We saw a young family there, and the mom was just letting her toddler play in the water and dirt and rocks and was obviously in no hurry to leave. I thought this was such a sweet way to spend a Saturday morning and something I would love to do with my kids someday. Our next stop was someplace called Chicken Creek Falls, which is right by a dirt road. We had to scramble down a steep incline and got dirty and scraped up, and it wasn't much of a waterfall. But that's all part of the adventure! (Picture by Katie) Finally, we hiked to Bullion Falls by Marysvale. I could have sworn I was in the PNW, and I bet it's even more spectacular in the spring. How is this not more of a popular hike?? None of my friends had ever heard of it. Which actually, is kind of nic

Well, I still haven't finished writing about the summer trip, but I'm going to just go out of order here and talk about my hike yesterday because I've learned that, if I don't write about it immediately, it will take 6 months. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother trying to keep up with this... I don't want to be a writer, and I'm not trying to be famous. But it's for me. Like, when I went to Yosemite last month, I was able to look back at my blog and see which hikes I'd done so I wouldn't accidentally repeat one. So, I will keep writing! My canyoneering plans for yesterday fell through. I was so tempted to just sit on my couch and watch college football and read a book, but it was a beautiful day and I thought, "This is the perfect opportunity to go somewhere I've been wanting to go!" I decided to drive 4 hours (each way!) to the Ruby Mountains. My reasoning was that I can't do a super long hike right now with this bad hip, so it 

(I feel like this title is just inviting inappropriate remarks.) My friend Ashley and I want some help choosing where to go on a road trip in two weeks! On Friday, September 27, we’ll have a random number generator choose our trip from the entries our friends have submitted. We’ll leave after work on Friday for a surprise adventure! How it works: Use the Google form below to submit an entry. Please check the rules first! On September 27, we’ll log into the form, see how many entries there are, and then use a random number generator to choose a number for us. Whichever suggestion corresponds to that number is the trip we’ll go on! If that suggestion didn’t meet the trip criteria, we’ll use the number generator again. The rules: The destination must be... - within 6 hours of SLC - no longer than a 6 mile hike (round trip... I’ve got that bad hip) - legally accessible without a permit or reservation - someplace we can drive to in my Subaru Forester  - an appro

I think Jimmy Carter is a pretty cool dude, but honestly, I didn’t spend my time at his National Historic Site. The site actually encompasses a lot of the town, as well as his farm. I wandered around the high school for a little while, but that was it.  I was mostly in a hurry to get to Andersonville. And then it was kind of disappointing! I guess I was hoping for an informative film to give me some background knowledge before I explored, but the film was just aboutprisoners of war throughout history. There was a motorcycle gang in the theater with me, and they were super into it. But I slipped out early.  I saw the cemetery: and drove around the grounds of the prison camp. I learned that the prisoners were responsible for providing their own shelters! There was also this random spring that they built a monument around.