The Duffel Bag: March 2025

Where the spirit leads the feet will follow.

Down distant paths for unmapped miles.

Heads forget but hearts remember:

The art of living knows no bounds.

"The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning you didn't even think to ask." - Jeff Johnson, 180 Degrees South

"The best way out is always through" - Robert Frost

If you play Free Bird at 11:55:05PM on New Years Eve, you'll go into the new year blasting the best guitar solo of all time

Friday, March 21, 2025

Badwater Basin

March 21, 2025 - From the Texas Springs campground in Death Valley, we shot down to Badwater Basin early to avoids the crowds.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

March 19, 2025 - We did an overnight-er out to Gold Butte in Southern Nevada just to have a look around. It's a long drive out there so next time we will have a 3-4 trip planned to better explore the area. It's beautiful out there and very remote. Dispersed camping allowed.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Candy Cliffs

March 18, 2025 - North of St. George, Utah in the Yant's Flat area.

We dispersed camped near the trailhead, which gave us an early start the next morning so we could get to the Candy Cliffs area as the sun came up. It wasn't a very large area and we were able to hike through and explore the whole thing in about two hours.

Monday, March 17, 2025

Kolob Canyon at Zion NP

March 17, 2025 - We had planned on a long hike on the La Verkin Creek Trail at Kolob Canyon, but when we got up there in the morning they had received about 5 inches of snow.

It's a long hike down in the canyon along the creek, and we weren't that desperate that we felt we wanted to suffer through the cold (and mud later on when it all melted). So we enjoyed the overlook and scenery and took off back down Highway 15 to spend the night at the Candy Cliffs trailhead for tomorrows hike.