LAND OF STANDING ROCKS This adventure took us down to Arizona's south-eastern corner to the sky islands of the Chiricahua Mountains. We spent a week camping and hiking in this wonderful wonderland of the

The Devil's Garden is a protected area featuring hoodoos and natural arches. It is easily accessed and like a natural playground. This was the same trip and the same day that we explored the slot canyons

This was a hiking club camp-out a few years ago around Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument area. After viewing @best-trip-eva post on Antelope Canyon it inspired me to look up my photos

View of Colorado's Longs Peak from just outside Rocky National Park east side My friend, Mary Ann and I watched the weather forecast for a couple days before we decided on our best day to attempt Longs

I decided on this fine cold morning to try and find my way to the top of, The Battleship Rock. I had done this hike/climb before with friends that new the way and also helped me get up the rock in a couple

View of Picacho Peak from the east side. Picacho Peak stands 1,500 feet from the desert floor and tops out at 3,374' elevation and is located at Picacho Peak State Park Arizona about 25 miles north of

A tall Saguaro and a Chan-Fruit Cholla I took this hike after setting up our camp at Picacho Peak State Park in Southern Arizona about 25 miles north of Tucson. I decided I would just photograph some cactus

We drove up to the Grand Canyon the day before we started our adventure. This backpack starts at the South Bass trail head which is a 30 mile drive on dirt road a high clearance a must and four wheel a

My son @derekrichardson has been wanting me to get on Steemit. I am very much like my son or I should say he is very much like me. I am a outdoor enthusiast, I hike, backpack, ski, ride my bike and work