38. Pioneer Hills Trail

St. George, UT

Mar. 29, 2014

This hike was...well, a little lacking is spectacularness. Maybe we didn't follow the right path and got off onto a NOT path. It didn't really seem to be leading anywhere and there wasn't much to look at. It was a beautiful evening however and great to be with my kids and husband.  There were quite a few wildflower which were pretty and several nice cacti. What I was REALLY hoping to see though, was a desert tortoise! UNFORTUNATELY, LOL, we were not graced by his presence this time. However, we did find a shell of a deceased tortoise. AT LEAST, we got to see that!!

37. Eagles nest and The Hourglass

Backcountry of Cathedral Gorge State Park, Panaca, NV

March 23, 2014

Of all the times I've hiked in Cathedral...I have never been to these places.  Apparently, I've not been following the correct trail because I've always just come back through the wash. I learned today that there is a trail that I've missed all these years. LOL.  Annnyway, my friend Kathi told me about this eagles nest. It was BIG! and thankfully vacant...well, I guess it would have been cool to see an eagle in it but I certainly wouldn't have been able to get too close. The bottom pict is what Kathi calls the hourglass because most of the time there is a steady trickle of sand falling from above. Though sadly, not today. The first pict is a shot from a tall sandy mountain Tonya and I decided to climb to figure out where in the heck we were. LOL. Unfortunately, there was no way to get down from here except the way we came but DANG! it was a beautiful site and beautiful lighting!

36. Eagle Point Trail

Millers Point, Cathedral State Park, Panaca, NV

Mar. 22, 2014

Alexa and I did this little hike near Millers Point. It was a fun little hike and it was very pretty being above the Cathedral formations looking down.

35. Beaver Dam Wash Trail

Beaver Dam State Park, Lincoln Co, NV

March 15, 2014

This hike was probably my least favorite at this park. My hiking buddies and I had a hard time finding and staying on the trail.  We crossed the river several times trying to locate a path. Yeah, didn't really happen until we were on our way back down the river. We finally found some yellow markers in the trees and a sort of road. We did come across a cute little waterfall. Keep in mind that winter isn't the most picturesque time for waterfall picts.

 I thought these beaver dams were quite fascinating! Loved it. If beaver weren't nocturnal, we totally could have seen them swimming in the river.

34. Waterfall Trail

Beaver Dam State Park, Lincoln Co., NV

March 15, 2014

This was by far my favorite hike at BDSP.  It was an easy, well marked, one mile hike to the main falls area.  I didn't get a decent picture of it because it was half in sun and half in shade. Major bummer!!
The waterfall is running quite small right now so it looks like it is two waterfalls.  Another cool thing about this hike is that there is a natural hot spring up above the waterfall. It is a small stream that comes up through a rock and not 15 yards away is an ice cold stream from the canyon runoff. This is also the location that I discovered that I had ticks on my body! Yuck!! 5 in all, thank you very much!

33. Interpretive trail

Beaver Dam State Park, Lincoln Co, NV

March 15, 2014

First of all, let me say that getting to this park takes an hour from the main highway. Holy sweet mother of Pearl, who the flip came up with that idea? I hear there used to be a lake there but ...not so much anymore.

This hike was a bit steep. 16% incline. There are beautiful cliffs of many different colors there. Some nice pine trees in some white cliffs/rock formations. A dry lake bed. More fabulous cliffs. And some great canyons.  It would have been really cool to see a sparkling lake :(

32. Millers Point

Millers Point, Cathedral Gorge, NV

Mar. 09, 2014

Tyler is home for spring break. It is so good to see him and hang out with him. We journeyed from Millers Point into Cathedral's moon caves. There is a tunnel that we like which has a rope area that can be climbed. Ty went both up and down but was initially startled by a pigeon whom we apparently disturbed. LOL! We also found the skull that my friend told me about. Pretty cool!

31. Etna

Etna Cave and Pictographs

Mar. 9, 2014

I am told Etna Cave has killer bees living in it, sooo, my hiking buddy and I didn't trek up to the mouth of the cave.  There were some nice pictographs here in the canyon and a really cool flood tunnel that is now almost full of dirt from previous floods.

30. Railroad tunnel 5

Rainbow Canyon, NV

Mar. 9, 2014

Lovely petroglyphs here in this area. These sheep are quite large drawings! And very well preserved!

29. Grapevine

Grapevine, Rainbow Canyon, NV

Mar. 10, 2014

Another gorgeous canyon here in Lincoln County.  This has a really great picnic/camping area. There are petroglyphs and pictographs, a cute little stream, A LOT of brush and vines--so much so that you can't really go too far. The cliffs are beautiful here. 

28. Angels Landing

Angels Landing, Zion Nation Park, UT

Mar. 9, 2014

Can I just say..."Holy Toledo!!" First of all, this hike burns your legs and lungs going up. Next, it scares the begeebees out of you at the top. And Lastly on your way down, it burns your legs AGAIN. LOL. I was actually crawling at the very top. No biggie. But beautiful views!

27. Condor North Canyon

Condor Canyon North, Lincoln Co., NV

Mar. 3, 2014

More beautiful scenery here in LC. Followed cow trails through this canyon. Incredible!

26. Condor Canyon Waterfall

Condor Canyon, Lincoln Co. NV

Mar. 1, 2014

I love Condor Canyon. It just keeps giving around every turn.  So many amazing rock formations, colors, petroglyphs, caves and a waterfall. I can't say that a winter time waterfall is the most picturesque but is always enjoyable hanging out and photographing it. Thx Jamie and Gus for some laughs along the hike to get there. (I took my tripod but forgot the little adaptor piece, so...not as crisp as I would have liked )