
Paying homage at the surfer shrine, Laguna Beach.

Roughing it on the Colorado River.

Hiking the back side of the Moab Rim Trail.

On the trail with Corey in Silverton.

Corey on a perfect fall day at Corona Arch near Moab, Utah.

Christin, Rob and Tyler take a break from beer and peanuts at a Rockies game in Denver.

View of the Empire State building on a summer night in Greenwich Village, New York City.

Lauren and Lizzie -- born to jump.

Rob somewhere in Edward Abbey’s Back of Beyond.

Nancy and Corey, a little north of Silverton, Colorado.

Nancy after the long hike up to Hematite Lake, Silverton.

Rob working his way up Mt. Sherman -- the easiest 14er in Colorado.

Corey on the Rim Trail, Capitol Reef National Park.

In the Navajo Nation, Northern Arizona.

Rob in the Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument, Utah.

Rock spire in Lower Muley Twist Canyon, Utah.

Cottonwood Creek, an oasis in the Utah desert.

Oyster Shell Reef in Capitol Reef National Park.

Corey in upper Glen Canyon, a safe distance away from the Lake Powell crowds.

Blue Mesa Reservoir in Southwestern Colorado.

Hunter Canyon near Moab, Utah.

Hunter Canyon is fed by an underground spring.

Hunter Canyon is a freeform hike, under and around numerous boulders.

Colorado National Monument in Fruita, the Bookcliff Mountains in the far distance.

Rattlesnake Canyon in the Black Ridge Wilderness, Colorado.

My idea of fine dining -- a table for one above Rattlesnake Canyon.

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado.

Nancy and Corey take a break at a mining ruin near Telluride.

Corey getting ready to drop into an unnamed canyon in the San Rafael Reef.

The beauty of the Utah backcountry.