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Exploring 2009 Our Family enjoys hiking and climbing. Here are a few shots of places we have climbed and hiked.
View from the top at the anchors of Sentinel Tower with a great view of the Mississippi River.
Paul on Shark Fin.
Boulder Canyon Colorado
Paul climbing Castle Rock, just west of Boulder.
Smith Rock State Park in
central Oregon is a breathtaking place. The steep trails will definitely take your breath
away!
If it is not our favorite place, it is a close second: Moah, Utah. We took the drive of our life through Canyonlands National Park on the 4wd road along the Colorado River. It might be better than a donkey ride at the Grand Canyon.
The 4WD road is not for the faint at heart! But if you are adventurous it is absolutely required!
Gilman Tunnels, north of Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of the most picturesque places in the U.S. The climbing is great too!
Great Climbing is found all around New
Hampshire. Echo Crag has great trad routes(above) across from Cannon Mountain in the Franconia Notch. Ski slopes(below) on Cannon Mountain from atop Artist Bluff climbs.
Climbing on Mona Lisa at Artist Bluff.
Down in the South we had a good time in Arkansas. We hiked to the monument at the original site of the survey for the Louisiana Purchase at the Louisiana Purchase State Park, toured the aluminum town of Bauxite, dug up diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park and saw the blacksmith shop where the Bowie knife was forged at the Washington State Historic Park.
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Sand Rock - north of
Gadsden, Alabama
Alabama
Palisades north of Birmingham, Alabama
Mississippi
Palisades north of the Quad Cities, Illinois/Iowa
Lone
Pine, California is a place where movies were and are made. John Wayne
stood in front of the camera for the last time there. The breathtaking views of
the Sierras cannot be beat as Mt. Whitney hovers over the not-to-be-missed
formations known as the Alabama Hills, a sport climbers dream place.
This is the home of sport climbing.
