by toby | May 18, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild: canyoneering Zion Evening May 18 Saturday? Unsure We begged four different times at Zion Lodge for a room for another night, but even Mike batting his big blues didn’t work and we couldn’t bear to leave this amazing park, so much as yet...
by toby | May 18, 2013 | Life
Forgot this one! Whoops! South Rim of the Grand Canyon, 5/15/13 Lipan Point We found the “perfect” spot. Great views, and no people. Of course, we have a perilous hike over the guardrail and along a cliff (it’s not climbing the rocks that scares me, it’s the...
by toby | May 17, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild–life on the edge of the Grand Canyon 5/16/13 Travel day to North Rim of the Grand Canyon I’ve become Camping Woman. Camping Woman with the wind-snarled hair filled with dust, ten broken dirt-encrusted nails and unshaven legs,...
by toby | May 14, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild—Call of the Canyon If there’s one hike you do in Arizona, let it be the North Fork Trail or “Call of the Canyon” off Highway 89 out of Sedona. Yes, folks, it’s long. We did close to seven miles before we turned around and could have gone...
by toby | May 13, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild—Sedona Day Six (or is it seven?) May 13, 2013 Perhaps we overdid it yesterday, or perhaps it was seafood fettucine late at night, but I woke up not feeling well and with the mysterious rash I’d gone to the doctor for just before we left,...