Eagle Crags

Saturday, November 8, 2008. Hiked to the Eagle Crags with Allison and Tahoe. Hike was five miles round trip and took us approximately four hours. We started around 11:45 AM and returned at 4:00 PM. We met two guys from Seattle and Ridgeway, CO who were hiking to the top and spending the night.

Deer Hunt 2008

Saturday, October 18th, 2008. Gerry Updike shoots his first Utah buck (a five-point) at approximately 7:40 AM. Buck was taken close to the Henrieville substation.

Mt. Trumbull Hike

Friday, October 3rd, 2008. We were invited to explore the Arizona Strip with Shaun and Karen Mason. On the way to Mt. Trumbull, Shaun stopped to show us an old junk yard that was hidden from view about a quarter mile from the road. We enjoyed looking at all the old relics and were particularly impressed with the Ford truck that still had its headlights and windshield intact. Another truck (not pictured) still had its key in the ignition! On the way back to the car we did a little arrowhead hunting and were fortunate enough to find several shards of pottery and a few bases of arrowheads. We then traveled to Nixon Springs (6,500 ft) and climbed to the top of Mt. Trumbull (8,033 ft). The roundtrip hike of approximately five miles took us about 3.5 hours. Mt. Trumbull is the highest mountain on the Arizona Strip. We traveled 140 miles, all on dirt roads, and only saw one other car during the entire day.

Mt. Belknap Hike

Saturday, September 6th, 2008. Hiked with David Johnson and Allison to the summit of Mt. Belknap (12,173 ft). Round trip took approximately 4hrs (2.25 to the top; .75 on top; 1hr to descend) to cover 3.3 miles. Started at approximately 10:30 AM (10,973 ft) on a gorgeous day. According to Robert S. Waite's 1974 Ph.D. dissertation, it was in 1881 that the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey began work in the Great Basin on its transcontinental triangulation and reconnaissance survey work west of the 100th Meridian and along the 39th Parallel. High mountains such as Ibapah Peak, Mt. Nebo and Mt. Belknap in Utah and Arc Dome, Troy Peak and Wheeler Peak in Nevada, were selected as working field stations. Part of the program was to set up and experiment with a mirrored signaling device called a heliograph.

Aerial view of our Mt. Belknap hike