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recent trip to Sedona.
I don't believe I ever posted my trip blog from the trip that I completed recently. I've put a few pics in the thread as we were traveling but this is the completed blog... some profanity and maybe some questionable ethical choices about camping spots and payment and such, but it's all work safe. To be fair though, I only ever suggest people read my drivel on the toilet.
7700 miles living out of the back for 90% of the trip. Longest driving day was 1200 miles. No issues. GX is a rock star.
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7700 miles living out of the back for 90% of the trip. Longest driving day was 1200 miles. No issues. GX is a rock star.
April 2026 Southwestern Desert trip - MeefZah
7750 miles over 19 days, camping, hiking, and exploring our way through 16 states: Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.
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yes it’s the devil staircase section of broken arrow. here’s the part where i tested my sliders.
i also did schnebly hill which is where we camped. we did soldier pass, dry creek, broken arrow, and 100 miles of various fire roads from flagstaff to edge of the world, sycamore point, williams.
did all this and was able to drive 500 miles home without issue.
Wow, that looks awfully wet for this time of year!
Same. I think the longest I've stayed anywhere on any trip is like 3 days. There's just so much to see that I kinda miss out on getting any kind of depth out of a place I'm at.
We've started doing that. It's certainly more relaxing and less overall effort in unpacking/packing, regardless of the method of travel. We are typically 3-4 days in a place and sometimes up to 5.
That's exactly what my family does up at Huntington Lake (CA), approx 7500 elevation, deep inside the Sierra's. It all started back when my wife was a preteen. Her family, and extended family, aunt's, uncles, cousins, etc. were all sailors. Back in the 70's, they found this lake up in the Sierra's that had an annual Hobie Cat race every year in the middle of August by the local Fresno Hobie Cat Chapter. They would camp from weekend to weekend, about 9 days with the race being the second weekend. We'd be about 4 - 6 camp sites of family, all within a few yards of the lake. When I started dating my wife, I began being invited, and we've kept up the annual trip with the family since. Even though many have grown up, married, moved further away, we still try and do it every few years. Lots to do. Sailing, paddle boarding, wind surfing, mountain biking, hiking, fishing, swimming, 4 wheeling, and the list goes on!
We've always felt 9 days wasn't enough, except for the fact of having a hot shower instead of a bar of soap in the lake.
I've included a few photos of us sailing.
Illinois River? Or another one? Certainly looks like the Ozarks
.Illinois River. Near Tahlequah, OK. Foothill of the Ozarks.Illinois River? Or another one? Certainly looks like the Ozarks
My grandparents lived in Tahlequah when I was a kid, and I spent many summer weeks there (lots of swimming at Peavine Hollow in the Illinois River). Beautiful area, although I have not been to that part of the world in many years. I currently live in the opposite corner of the Ozarks, which is also really nice.
Tahlequah is one of my very favorite places in this country.
I just spent three nights in Monache Meadows. The first day is for travel and setup, day two was acclimating to the altitude and scouting from the camp to trailhead through the backcountry, then yesterday a monster hike up Olancha Pass.
It's not an easy trail. I dragged a teardrop back there five years ago, but that was really stupid and the trail has gotten even tougher since then. The truck did great, but I felt a little ball joint or bushing rattle in rock gardens that I need to tend to.
@r2m talked me into getting a set of treking poles for my hike. They came in handy on the climb, and especially the decent, but were a hassle crossing back country, especially through sagebrush. I think they'll be coming with me on trail hikes in the future.
It's not an easy trail. I dragged a teardrop back there five years ago, but that was really stupid and the trail has gotten even tougher since then. The truck did great, but I felt a little ball joint or bushing rattle in rock gardens that I need to tend to.
@r2m talked me into getting a set of treking poles for my hike. They came in handy on the climb, and especially the decent, but were a hassle crossing back country, especially through sagebrush. I think they'll be coming with me on trail hikes in the future.
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I've used poles since my mid 20s. I always though they were an "old guy" thing, but after hiking and backpacking with poles for nearly 20 years (hundreds and hundreds of hikes), I've fallen two times (one on some super slick rocks at a creek crossing, once when stepping into a groundhog burrow). I also find I can hike much faster with them than without.
I usually lash them to the side of my pack for stretches where they aren't needed. When doing through thick brush, I hold them in front of me to push the brush out of the way.
They were great crossing creeks. I'm always scared of having a fall on these solo excisions and these just gave me more confidence to maintain my pace over obstacles. An injury out there could be a life changing event. I hiked twenty three miles in two days and only ever saw one other person on a stretch of the PCT that I joined for about a mile. If I broke a leg up there, I'd be in a pretty bad way.
Yesterday was my 44th birthday, so I've just matured into my trekking pole phase. You don't have to be an old man to appreciate them, it just happened that way with me.
Here's another truck pic that shows the hill I climbed. I'd hoped to summit the peak, but the five miles of bushwhacking to and from the camp took the wind out of my sails (and I carried my poles under my arm most of that way). Next time, I'll camp at the trailhead and make the push.
