Places

Places Canyonlands: White Rim and the Needles Sampling Canyonlands' split personality in a day: the White Rim's 4x4 country up top and the Needles' rock down south. September 9, 2020 Places The White Rim Trail in the 4Runner Running the 100-mile White Rim loop in a near-stock 4Runner. It handled, but I left wanting more truck. September 9, 2020 Places Arches in a cold front A cold front and rain emptied out Arches, which is the only way you want it. Snuck in the back way. September 8, 2020 Places A first taste of Moab A first, parks-focused pass through Moab, already clocking how much riding and wheeling we were leaving on the table. September 7, 2020 Places Bryce Canyon in the smoke A tired, smoke-hazed stop at Bryce after the Narrows, walking down among the hoodoos. September 6, 2020 Places Utah’s Mighty 5 in a week A Labor-Day-week loop through all five Utah parks, hiking and 4x4-ing a sampler and leaving plenty for next time. September 5, 2020 Places Finally hiking the Narrows After getting shut out by high water years earlier, finally wading up the Zion Narrows. September 5, 2020 Places Shaver Lake, before the fire A first trip to Shaver Lake and Bald Mountain, weeks before the 2020 Creek Fire tore through this part of the Sierra. July 17, 2020 Places Monache Meadows for the long weekend A long-weekend run out to Monache Meadows on the Kern Plateau, racing for one of the last open spots. July 3, 2020 Places Bioluminescence on the LA coast Chasing a local red-tide flare-up for the blue glow in the surf. Unpredictable, dark-night, long-exposure stuff. May 4, 2020