The wave!

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

There is a lottery for coyote buttes North(the wave). We have applied in the advance lottery as well as the daily 48 hr advance every time we have been through Arizona. The 48 hour advance is tricky since you have to be in the geo-fence to apply. We think we’ve applied at least 20 times before hitting the jackpot! What a gem. Photos don’t do it justice.

We started our day at 4 and took the 8 mile bump-ass road to the trail-head loaded down with our gallon of water each (a volunteer checks you as you park ). They don’t mess around. You have to go to an in person briefing to pick up your pass.

We were on the trail by 6 am. These pictures are on the way there and at the wave proper. There was no one behind us and we had the whole place to ourselves for about 45 minutes. Lots of selfies since we were by ourselves.

I slip slided when I attempted to reach the arch and gave up. So we went back to the wave and had some people take out pictures. Then are a surprisingly quiet lunch right on the wave.

Next we went to check out some dinosaur tracks on the way home. The BLM volunteers checked on us and pointed out a goat. How fun is that? That evening we meet up with Adam and Laura for a hike at bee hive and sunset at lake Powell.

Dam post: Kanab Utah and Page Arizona

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025 / rugreen4u4632 / 1 Comment

We did two slot canyons on this day. peekaboo canyon first with a guide (Raymond). Primarily because you can’t get there without a 4 wheel drive.

Peekaboo was wider and more orange. Foreshadow: we’ve put in for the wave every day. And guess who got passes for tomorrow?

Couples photos, you get more of these if you have a guide.

Next we went to wire pass. It was really cool. A little skinnier and very high. Darker stone with big rocky bases. Plus, Way cheaper! 6$ a head to park.

Tucson: Saguaro national Park

December 14, 2024December 23, 2024 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

We left The lost Dutchman State Park after work and arrived east of Tucson and in the Saguaro Park at sunset.

Fast Saguaro facts, their roots are only 4-6 inches deep but grow outward in every direction about the height of the trunk. A saguaro grows very slowly 1inch/10 years. It usually starts arms around 100 years. The biggest ones are anywhere from 175-200ish years old.

Luke is in Tucson seeing his family over the holidays. We didn’t realize that there are 2 sections of Saguaro NP and his family’s house is on the eastern side which turned out to be about an hour away. We were supposed to eat dinner with them, but given our late arrival we had to wait till morning.We ate dinner at the campground. The Gunter homestead is quite amazing. Here are a few pictures of the day.