Dont miss our latest video below “Living On The Edge”
For best results stream it on a big screen in 1080P and crank the volume way up!! ENJOY!
In this post we spend 10 days exploring the San Rafael Swell. Our photos don’t do this place justice, it is an environment that must be experienced to be believed.
Our route takes us through deep red rock lined canyons where we eventually find our way up to the rim.
While hiking through these narrow canyons it hard to imagine just how long it took for wind and water to erode the sandstone into these formations.
The back story: These cliffs, canyons, knobs, and spires are cut from the 190 million-year-old Navajo Sandstone. Over the eons winds carried sand into this area and left it deposited as giant sand dunes hundreds of feet high.
As the wind shifted and formed the dunes into a massive dome, they were deposited in a swirl of colorful layers. Buried over eons of geologic time, the sands eventually ceased shifting and turned to stone.
Then as rain and wind slowly released the grains of sand from the stone sculpturing it into what we see today. Amazing.
The Fremont people (A.D. 500-1300) were the early Native Americans in the Southwest who left their stories by painting hundreds of fantastic pictographs.
At our high camp of almost 7000’ the weather for November was unusually warm.
Ruby was a little nervous about camping along the edge but had fun around camp anyway.
Stay tuned for more adventures as we continue our travels into southern Utah.
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Get out and enjoy your public lands while you can, America is changing
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Gorgeous scenery and photography/ videography! Loved to see Ruby digging in the sand as well as enjoying her hikes with both Tim & Denise. Truly appreciated your comments at the end of the video about preserving these precious lands for future generations. We are trying to do our best for these sacred lands.
Hi Kay Lynn! Thank you for the nice comments, yes Ruby has a blast and goes crazy digging in any soft sand with her ball, and then she lays in the hole to keep cool. We are on the verge of major change with our public lands and must take action to protect them, scary times for sure.
Looks like your winter has been an epic so far, hope it warms soon!!
What a spectacular and wondrous video. You two are amazing, and we are privileged to be able to call you “friends!” Thank you for sharing with us (via Elwood and Beth)! Please keep doing what you’re doing and sharing it and the earth with us!
Paul and Wendy Anderson
Wow Thanks for the kind words Paul and Wendy, we promise to keep doing it, its in our blood. If you havent already type in your email at the end of any our posts and see where we go next. Thanks again!
Great job Tim. You explore the coolest areas. Your content is the highest quality. Consider a short trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon by your vehicle. On the Hualapai Indian Reservation (Arizona). Only place you can drive and camp next to the river.
Thank you Tim, we really enjoy wondering our earth and capturing its beauty. We will give the bottom of the Grand Canyon a try, thanks for the tip.
you were in Clarksdale, MS at Kroger years ago when we met. I saw you in your VW Bug with 2 Bernese mountain dogs- which I had to pet. I love keeping up with all of your beautiful travels. Hope to meet again.
GCooke
Hi Ginger, Of course we remember you and the great tour of your cotton mill, fond memories for sure! So glad you’re still following us…stay tuned for more! Maybe some day we will get back to your neck of the woods!!
Tim and Denise, this was amazing. Your use of a drone gets better each “production”. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Have a happy and healthy 2026 and beyond
Thanks for following us John! Yes my drone is a fantastic tool for capturing our earth from above, I love it. Hope you have a great 2026 also!
Stunning, as always. Keep living your dream!
Thanks Kris! As one of our longest living followers you deserve something special, we will be thinking…..
Who said fine paintings need a brush? Your camera has done a masterful job illustrating such a beautiful part of our west. You both are artists with that special eye for detail, color and beauty. We loved your video….more, more, more.
Thank You Micheal and Imkie!
Denise has the eye for colors I just glue them together…great fun hanging with you guys this winter, lets do it again!
Another masterpiece Tim and Denise! Epic photo and videography. You two keep getting more creative in each of your productions.
Thanks Mark and Phylis!
This blog is a labor to share our travels and enlighten others to these special places….
great hanging with you guys this winter and thanks for allowing us to re-provision at the Fort, what agreat place and great company…we love it!
We have been there a few times, it is unlike anywhere on our planet. And why we donate to Southern Utah Wilderness Association to fight to protect this incredible place from mining. Your photos are amazing.
J and J
Thanks for the kind comments Jeff and Judy! I have included a link to the SUWA so folks can get involved. see you in AK this summer? Hi to Jane for us!
Incredible!
Thanks Mary Ann, One of our favorite places so far, hope you and yours are doing well, Happy News years!