Base Camp

Monday, February 23, 2026

First Snow

We got our first snow in a couple of years. I mean we had five snows last year but they were all gone by noon. This one was gone the next day except on north facing slopes.

On this day we went down a caanyon, up another canyon, and then down a real long canyon. Jax had so much fun. Most of the canyons have had rocks fall down in them and you have to climb over, around, and sometimes under them to get up or down the canyon. Jax was bounding around from rock to rock. 84 years old and he just smokes me everywhere we go. I was hoping to do a hike back from town prior to going to get Kobae but I'm not ready so Jax and I will just keep increasing the length of our hikes until I'm back into former fitness.

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Thousand Eyes

Jax and I spend a day hanging out at Thousand Eyes.

Behind Chicken Corner

I once saw a map that showed an arch behind Chicken Corner. I tried to find the map again just to get the name of it but wasn't able to. I've seen this for years but with the shape of it not sure if that's an arch or not. I'll ask around.

Friday, February 13, 2026

Chicken Corner Views and Trail

Chicken Corner: On the way to

About as low as I've ever seen the river.

The most crowded with chickens I've ever seen the directional Chicken Corner sign which is about half way to Chicken Corner from the lodge. Usually when the sign starts to get crowded the BLM (not black lives matter) comes out and takes all the ornaments for fear that people will enjoy the sign or think it's funny. That's just my opinion.

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Marker on the way to the Corner.

View of the La Sal Mountains in the distance.

View from False Chicken Corner.

In the distance behind the side by side is Dead Horse Point.

Monday, February 9, 2026

Jax Turns 12

According to Jax's medical records he was born on February 4th so we spend the day hiking out behind Last Hurrah looking for more loops we can hike with guests. Jax is 84 and I'm 73 and he smokes me every time we go on a hike. He is unbelievably fit still. His first couple years he was in and out staying here as his mother Michelle was always on the go. Most if not all of the last ten yeaars he has lived here. He's pretty much feral now and rarely listens to any direction I give him. I'm beginning my 20th year here. Never imagined that was even possible when I moved out here. I was unbelievable fat having spent twenty something years working at indoor soccer facilities, eating out of the snack bars and sleeping in the office or bleachers. Out here I settled in at around 210 bouncing back and forth a little but not much and felt very healthy. Over the summer I got the stomach illness and lost 28 pounds is 60 days. It's mostly solved now but when I went and saw my doctor last week I told him I was still losing weight but not much and was down to 180. Should I be concerned? He took my height and stuck it in some chart and said I'm still six pounds overweight so don't worry about it.

Those charts don't really measure fat versus muscle to can be misleading though probably not in my case. I lost most of my endurance during the illness but I'm out every day working to get it back. In a perfect world I'll get 20 more years out here.