Day 5 - Leaving Grand Gulch
We had made enough progress in Friday that our Saturday hike should be short enough to be back at our vehicle by noon.
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Day 4 - Bullet junction to Turkey Pen
Day 4 was a grind! But still awesome. We had a stretch goal of about 10 miles and we made it to about 9, largely because we had to continue until we found wa...
Day 3 - Cow Canyon to Bullet Junction
An easier day of trail finding and hiking got us to Bullet Canyon early enough to setup camp, regroup, and head up Bullet to see some amazing ruins.
Day 2 - Big Pour Off Ruin to Cow Tank Canyon
What a rough day - the rainstorm through the night and morning turned the Grand Gulch wash into a proper running creek. Problem is, the wash is usually the t...
Day 1 - Collins Trailhead to Big Pour Off Ruins
After a night of van and tent camping at the trailhead we began our five day backpacking journey up Grand Gulch.
Canyonlands Needles
Our final campground stay before backpacking Cedar Mesa was at Canyonlands Needles district. Remote and awesome.
Album Club: Rocket to Russia - Ramones
While camping together in Canyonlands / Needles, Jim and I discussed our 3rd (so far) pick from 1977: Rocket to Russia by Ramones.
Islands in the Sky
We spent two nights in Dead Horse Point State Park and made a brief swing through the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands.
Return to Arches
We made our fourth or fifth return trip to Arches earlier this week, meeting up with friends Jim and Jill and staying in the incredible Devil’s Garden campgr...
Album Club: Trans Europe Express — Kraftwerk
Friend Jim and I have an album club going that we started a while back. I’m going to share our summaries here. This one is Trans Europe Express — Kraftwerk. ...
Golf in Rio Verde
Played in my third straight member-guest with friend Cliff down in Rio Verde AZ, at the far NE corner of Scottsdale.
(Jeff) Tweedy in Phoenix
Julie and I saw Jeff Tweedy in Phoenix last night, at The Van Buren. Jeff is in parens because this is really the Tweedy band, with Jeff and sons Spencer and...
Tanks and Lizards
Julie and I are traveling from Napa to Scottsdale, taking our usual sweet time. First night in Bakersfield, second night just outside of Joshua Tree National...
Rewiring the Backswing: Lessons from a Patient Coach
I’ve been working with Erik Barzeski on my golf swing for a while now, and the last few months have been a deep dive into the backswing — specifically, three...
Van Camping with Rory
We took advantage of perfect Napa Valley weather and a new-to-us local campground to steal Rory away for an overnight camping trip.
Teaching Computer Science in this New World
And by “New World” I mean the inflection point that happened at the end of 2025 with Claude Code and Opus. I haven’t been this excited and concerned since th...
100 Days to Offload
I’ve wanted to (1) get back in the habit of writing more often here and (2) re-introduce tags to the blog. 20+ years of content is a lot and my trip summarie...