Moderate, 5.09 loop trail

1,155 ft elevation gain

Hiked 12/29/23

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Located nearby to Bryce Canyon, Red Canyon is filled with gems such as the Golden Wall trail. This loop takes you to several large red rock formations and hoodoos, including the Golden Wall, which rises above all else in the area. Generally moderate, getting close to the wall requires mild scrambling along a steep ridge.

Looking across at 'The Golden Wall,' a large fin/wall of hoodoos standing above a hillside comprised of smaller hoodoos to the left.

A distant view towards the Golden Wall, with a slight intrusion from a tree limb in the upper left of frame. A hillside filled with small eroded red rocks leads towards the hoodoos that rise underneath the large wall.

Looking over at one of the tall pillars nearby to the Golden Wall. A valley of crested hillsides in red leads endlessly away.

Something awful happened every year and prevented me from putting up a tree.

It's not the best tree, but I love it. It sits on top of a dresser I use for storage so my dogs can't get to it. The lights are battery operated so there aren't any electrical cords my doodle might be tempted to chomp on. It barely fit where I wanted it lol. The star touches the ceiling.

What is that thing? Why is that thing? It looks like the vehicles from Aliens. On the windshield, there's a decal that reads "Apocalypse 6x6."

Kids jumping off the Torquay Pier, Hervey Bay, Australia

Kay eye ess ess eye en geee. No not really. Hiding from predators for the night. Tomorrow morning they will continue devouring my tree.

This week is supposed to have cool, rainy days and cold nights. Switched her to the lightweight blanket so she can stay dry and not get too hot in the day, but have a lil something to keep her warm at night.

The least cropped OC photo is below. Still cropped a little so I’m not doxed.

Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK.

Moderate, 8.82 mi loop

1,614 ft elevation gain

Hiked 12/28/23

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Beginning near the more famous Queens Garden trail and Sunset Point, this great hike takes you down into the more open canyon area of Bryce Canyon. This allows you to fully appreciate this scope of this magnificent geologic feature. With all the ups and downs, you're rewarded with multiple vantages.

A hillside of several large sets of hoodoos rising up above it. A light cover of snow may be seen along the ground in the more shaded areas. A few beams of light come into the frame from the top left.

Looking up towards a group of hoodoos with some of the larger upper ones looking more castle-like and the lower more eroded ones forming into needles. One thing I like with this photo is you can sort of tell based on segmentation where the weaker or more prone erosion layers are.

Contrasting canyon walls of hoodoos, with the western (left) side having received more sunlight all of the snow has melted while to the right snow may still be seen covering the shaded valley.

I've always wanted to talk about how weird it was scrolling through reddit and then suddenly seeing myself on the front page. I was banned from reddit for talking about politics (I am anti trump) on the air force reddit so I wasn't even able to comment on a post about me.

For some backstory, I was returning from a Halloween cruise and it was the only clean shirt I had left (I was planning on wearing it during the cruise as there were no children allowed on the cruise and with the theme I thought it would get a few laughs or at least start a conversation). I never did though and doing laundry on a cruise was quite expensive (I think 50 dollars per load or something like that). I tried to hide the shirt as best I could throughout the day as I do think it was slightly inappropriate to wear in a public setting.

For the record, I love all the comments roasting me and I laughed all fucking day reading them!

Anyways, I have always wanted to publicly talk about this and in my search for reddit alternatives I found lemmy so here we are. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

Proof: https://i.imgur.com/rd9DPO8.jpeg

Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1pl680g/seen_in_miami_airport_gate_area/

Moderate, 2.55 mi loop

499 ft elevation gain

Hiked 12/26/23

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A relatively easy hike with a couple moderate hill climbs, this trail is positively littered with pieces of petrified wood. Subdued colors at first, once you get to the Sleeping Rainbow section they become more prominently red and yellow. Sizes range from small fragments up to boulder sized stumps.

Two large stumps of petrified wood that exhibit strong coloration throughout, in the typical yellow mustard and crimson red seen around this area.

A view along the rounded cliff wall into the valley below and nearby hillsides.

A view of the sunset on the other side of the half frozen pond, with flying geese and some standing on the ice. Clouds over a silhouetted hillside reflect in pink and yellow, reminiscent of the coloration of the area's petrified wood.

Hard, 10.47 mi out and back (w spur to Fruita Overlooks)

3,012 ft elevation gain

Hiked 12/24/23

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(Waterpocket Fold Info](https://www.nps.gov/care/learn/nature/geology.htm) on NPS site.

The Frying Pan trail begins at the central Fruita Orchard area and connects to Cassidy Arch/Grand Wash area, passing through canyons and crossing the waterpocket fold. It showcases various geologic formations before taking you to the large arch situated 400 ft above a canyon floor. Full sun exposure, so be prepared.

A shorter and milder hike to Cassidy Arch may also be found at a different starting location, although I have not hiked it. Hoping to do that hike along with The Narrows and some others in the Grand Wash area of the park in the future.

Cassidy Arch (named for Butch Cassidy who allegedly used the canyon as a hideout) and its surrounding plateau, with the various formations of the upper Capital Reef seen in the distance.

A view showcasing some of the distinct ways that erosion has shaped the landscape at Capital Reef. Up close are various terraced boulders and in the distance a tall rock structure that has long, vertical erosion taking place. To the left appears to be a dome of some sort, although it may just have eroded into a vaguely dome shape.

Climbing back up the trail after descending along the edge of the wash, steps along the right of frame have been notched into the red sandstone. Various boulders may be seen leading into shrublands in the lower area to the left.