tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24990471056493022822024-02-07T12:28:25.885-08:00Do The ExtraordinaryChris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-11673008519414145352020-08-31T14:28:00.000-07:002020-08-31T14:28:12.052-07:00The Importance of Having a Plan<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal">Someone once asked me why having a plan is important. As I
thought about that question, I thought about my experience as a volunteer with
the Boy Scouts of America. </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8G30Ev_LGhfRELUksD69WQzdaqCVuQhxpCp6hwIPNNQGkL542QxxU4b3mvFU04_kCxSFIYxbjVnP3et0vRuSbX4qlL2PN7MLPfIoTgDAFxBzC0xVvGzCDl3qsU_MfiuqyILXK1G9wuRWo/s2048/HPIM2148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1556" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8G30Ev_LGhfRELUksD69WQzdaqCVuQhxpCp6hwIPNNQGkL542QxxU4b3mvFU04_kCxSFIYxbjVnP3et0vRuSbX4qlL2PN7MLPfIoTgDAFxBzC0xVvGzCDl3qsU_MfiuqyILXK1G9wuRWo/w311-h410/HPIM2148.JPG" width="311" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I work with 12 and 13 year old boy scouts and one of the
things we do is learn and practice the established Leave No Trace Principles in
order to minimize our impact on the environment and be safe.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The very first Leave No Trace principle is “Plan and
Prepare.” Poor planning and poor preparation can lead to improper use of fires,
unnecessary injury or death of wildlife, putting the boys in dangerous
situations, or other harmful impact on the surrounding environment that could
have been avoided.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmkt-CjkT9qP01z_8OAEe7v-wH3Vwhm622_KbdyQw9x2EpXKJvyGogEGNazO4NJNqTT2syzvbt9L7DrKZAbeN0aDffDZcYzPbwmHRhk9JgxkwOqRCRBjll1DgTFr3FHxxm7rrDrzWI1Wi/s2048/DSC_0104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmkt-CjkT9qP01z_8OAEe7v-wH3Vwhm622_KbdyQw9x2EpXKJvyGogEGNazO4NJNqTT2syzvbt9L7DrKZAbeN0aDffDZcYzPbwmHRhk9JgxkwOqRCRBjll1DgTFr3FHxxm7rrDrzWI1Wi/w512-h342/DSC_0104.JPG" width="512" /></a></div> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal">In all aspects of our personal lives, planning and
preparation can help us minimize risk and avoid unnecessary waste of resources.
With time being the most precious resource of all. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You may recall the part in the story “Alice in Wonderland”
when Alice comes to a fork in the road and the Cheshire Cat appears: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Alice asks the cat, “Would you tell
me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“That
depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I don’t much care where—“ said
Alice.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<b>Then it
doesn’t matter which way you go</b>, “ said the Cat.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“—so long as
I get <i>somewhere</i>, “Alice added as an explanation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Oh, you’re
sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vMoKMizdfcYjVk4kJt8_AHRzspF2PDmVoWCk2S6Xv7jpkfpnx2S3kdvr_6hpVqjZBlN4fPMaKglJJYdEsfIZgz1I5feisdUYwAHIsJGi0oi0btfkrP9pOnXwgaDkweDbO6EK4L3A297I/s2048/20200521_101356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vMoKMizdfcYjVk4kJt8_AHRzspF2PDmVoWCk2S6Xv7jpkfpnx2S3kdvr_6hpVqjZBlN4fPMaKglJJYdEsfIZgz1I5feisdUYwAHIsJGi0oi0btfkrP9pOnXwgaDkweDbO6EK4L3A297I/w512-h384/20200521_101356.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jim Rohn, a great business philosopher and personal
development trainer once said, "I've discovered that you can be sincere
and work hard all your life and wind up broke and embarrassed. You've got to do
better than be a good worker. You've got to be better than sincere. You've got
to be a good planner, a good goal-setter."</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s a sobering thought to consider that if you don’t have
your own personal plan you’ll most likely end up a part of someone else’s plan
by default.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">We all have exactly 24 hours a day, 168 hours a week, no
more, no less. In this we are all equal. Developing a personal action plan will
make all the difference in how much you can accomplish.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are many acceptable methods in developing a personal
action plan. One of my favorites is to “reverse engineer” the plan. In other
words; determine the end result you want and then work your way back to the
present.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In planning a scouting adventure, we first decide where we
want to go and from where we want to start our trip. With that information
decided, we can accurately plan and prepare all the resources needed to have a
safe, enjoyable trip with minimal environmental impact.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Without a plan, you’re sure (as Alice in Wonderland hoped)
to get <i>somewhere</i>. “If you only walk long enough” as the Cheshire Cat so
wisely said. With an excellent personal action plan we can better allocate
resources, recognize opportunities, and say no to the activities and
distractions that can lead us away from our clearly defined goals. And achieve
our goals much faster and much more efficiently.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm42v1AXJd64jbF96FTayk8S4PJi1y636DnMnv2txzGuaxCZFzx5NvNIb03fClTpWPsSIcFDCaDN8GjB9ivLHD9gSEALIIFbrAkDDwmpncsLCWP_akT0VfoURZ1rizj9OZA8_K96jmA-j/s1050/Business+Cards+Final-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm42v1AXJd64jbF96FTayk8S4PJi1y636DnMnv2txzGuaxCZFzx5NvNIb03fClTpWPsSIcFDCaDN8GjB9ivLHD9gSEALIIFbrAkDDwmpncsLCWP_akT0VfoURZ1rizj9OZA8_K96jmA-j/w512-h293/Business+Cards+Final-1.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-72449920512921092942020-08-02T16:57:00.000-07:002020-08-02T16:57:05.023-07:00Time Management is a MythIn my 15+ years as a personal development and human potential coach, one of the common challenges of clients is finding the time to get the coaching work done. Most adults are very busy people. Adding an additional 5-10 hours of coaching work can be very difficult.<br />
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One idea I'd like to share often makes a huge difference as clients struggle to find the time needed to be effective in their coaching program and find the improvement and clarity they desire.<br />
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The idea is this: time management does NOT exist. At least the idea that we can
manipulate time is not a reality.</div>
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True, some sporting events can “stop the clock” and call a time
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For real life, the clock keeps moving and time does not
stand still.</div>
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When I consider the idea of “time management,” what really
comes to mind is the process of prioritizing our activities. That we can do!</div>
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In my parent’s era when I was growing up, they used an envelope
system to allocate the family income to the various expenses and obligations.
If the money ran out of the “groceries” envelope, it meant there was no more
food purchases that month, or some of the money from another envelope was reallocated to
the grocery envelope to make ends meet. There was no putting it on the credit
card and hoping to figure it out later. </div>
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Therein lies the key to allocating our finite amount of time.
We all have 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week. How we <i>choose</i> to use
that time is our challenge and our opportunity.</div>
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Like the budget envelopes of my parents, we can allocate our
168 hours in advance into different activities and projects. We can reassess
throughout the week our choices of priorities and adjust if needed.</div>
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One of the most powerful benefits of this advanced
scheduling is our ability to honestly say “no” to others looking to get the use
of some of our 168 hours. </div>
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Because we have already allocated our 168 hours <i>in
advance</i>, we now have the option of kindly explaining that we are currently
unavailable to help because of a prior commitment. Or, we can decide to elevate
their request to be a priority for us as well and say yes.</div>
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Personally, I resist detailed scheduling in advance as
explained in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator preference of “Perceiver.”
However, when I’m faced with too many interruptions, or if I’m simply finding myself
becoming less effective, I choose to schedule my 168 hours in detail so I have
a ready option to say no, or yes, to the interruptions that come my way. </div>
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The ability to say “no” is one of the very best ways to
improve our productivity and get the things that are our highest priorities
done on a regular basis.</div>
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For more information about my coaching programs and how you can increase your potential, email me at chris@dtesuccess.com or text me at 801-410-2266. Mention my "Do The Extraordinary" blog for special pricing.</div>
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Start now to live a life of vision and clarity, with a renewed sense of hope for your future, and get on your very own customized path to a life of joy and abundance in your very first coaching session! </div>
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Ding and Dang Canyons are non-technical slots canyons west
of the more popular Bell and Wildhorse Canyons near Goblin Valley State Park. </div>
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The trailhead is only about a mile west of the Wildhorse
trailhead parking. Depending on road conditions, most vehicles can make the
drive to Ding and Dang, but the road is much more rugged once you pass the Wildhorse
parking area. </div>
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I’ve never traveled this area in anything but a high
clearance 4X4 vehicle and caution and care should be taken when driving in the
backcountry in a regular passenger vehicle. </div>
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All my posts are for informational purposes only and each
person must accept their own responsibility for potential challenges associated
with outdoor activities.</div>
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As a note: Within days of doing this hike, two children were
killed in a flash flood in Wildhorse Canyon. Weather is a major factor in accessing
the dangers of hiking the canyons in the desert southwest.</div>
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After parking at the Ding and Dang trailhead, the route
follows the open canyon to the west until the drainages merge. To the left is
Dang and to the right is Ding. </div>
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I like to hike in a counter-clockwise direction
as I find it easier to descend the higher drops of Dang Canyon and ascend the
shorter climbs in Ding Canyon.</div>
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No matter what direction you choose to go, there are plenty
of boulder chokes, climbs and descents to work through. This is a more
technical hike than Wildhorse, and the BLM recommends being prepared with technical
gear. We brought rope but ended up using the ropes already in place at each
descent in Dang Canyon. </div>
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Plan on standing water in the canyons, especially in Dang
Canyon. We managed to keep our feet dry until one of the last sections of Dang
Canyon. If you are willing to shimmy your way through the wet sections, it’s
often possible to stay dry. I didn’t want to work that hard and had planned on
wet feet anyway.</div>
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When Ding Canyon starts to open up, pay attention to the
pointed butte to the west called Ding Dang Dome. This is the direction to hike
to access Dang Canyon for the return trip through the swell.</div>
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There is more than one trail as you work your way towards the
butte and we chose to stay to the left (southwest direction) and found that this
trail was shorter than the alternative that went right (northwest direction.)</div>
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Once past Ding Dang Dome the return canyon, Dang, comes into
view. </div>
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It doesn’t take long before longer and steeper drops become
more common. In every case, rope or webbing was already placed at each drop,
but it’s best to bring your own rope just in case.</div>
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Enough upper body strength to control your ascent for each
drop is a must as the drops are significantly longer than those found in Ding
Canyon. Hence, the preference to descend Dang Canyon. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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This is where the BLM recommending technical
gear to make the descents safely.</div>
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The last major obstacle in Dang Canyon is the section with
the highest probability of getting wet feet. It is narrow enough that someone shimmying
could keep dry, but it is a long section to shimmy before the water is
completely avoided. </div>
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Once the slot canyon opens up, it still takes some time and
distance to reach the confluence with Ding Canyon and you reach the trailhead
parking area. </div>
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I like to walk to disconnect from all the distractions around
me and just think. I used to listen to music while I walked, but I found by not
having any electronic distractions, I develop more original thoughts.<br />
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As I was walking a few weeks ago I started thinking about
being open-minded and whether or not I was very open-minded personally.</div>
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I think over the years I have become less open-minded in
many ways, and more open-minded in many ways, depending on the subject matter. </div>
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One idea that came to mind as I was pondering being open-minded
was this thought.</div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Being open-minded means being willing to ask questions we don’t
already know the answers to.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Our media sources are loaded with what appears to be “discussion
groups” or interviews that are simply set up to only ask the questions that already
have specific responses already decided and expected. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Or if a contrarian view is presented, the haters pile on the hate and
try and shout down the alternative point of view. </span><br />
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Whenever you are faced with a point of view that you automatically
disagree with consider if you are willing to ask questions to which you don’t
already know the answer. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Maybe you will recognize you need to develop a more open mind. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(Photos: Dimple Dell County Park) </span></div>
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Even though I have explored many places in the Grand
Staircase National Monument like Coyote Gulch more than a dozen times, I had not
had the experience of hiking Buckskin Gulch or the Paria River area until this
last summer, June 2019.</div>
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I had heard of Buckskin Gulch quite a few times, but very
little about the Paria River. Other than the Paria was usually the reason why
the Colorado River when from clear to cloudy water on my Grand Canyon rafting
trips. </div>
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When a friend got his hiking permit for both Buckskin and
the Paria and I got the invite to join his group, I was really excited to do
Buckskin Gulch knowing it would be a long narrow canyon hike. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagined the Paria to be a very wide open
and exposed canyon and wondered if hiking the Paria was going to be worth it.</div>
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Our trip was in late June to have a better chance of good
weather for the 5 day trip. </div>
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We were scheduled to start the hike on Tuesday, but the
weather in the Bryce Canyon area was threatening.</div>
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We stopped by the Paria Ranger Station east of Kanab on
Monday afternoon to check in and get the permit. Checking the weather forecast
one more time, we decided to wait a day and hike Buckskin Gulch starting in
Wire Pass on Wednesday. </div>
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We had already planned to check out Horseshoe Bend and
Antelope Canyon near Page, AZ on Monday before starting the hike. </div>
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After enjoying the rest of the day near Page, we then worked
our way back up Hwy 89 and found excellent camping at the White House
Campground. </div>
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Due to the weather issues, we decided spend Tuesday out on
the North Rim of Grand Canyon as a worthy alternative. </div>
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After spending the night at White House our group of six
enjoyed the North Rim of Grand Canyon on Tuesday being auto tourists taking in
the sights available to people who take the short walks to the various
overlooks along the north rim.</div>
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Being a long-time whitewater rafter, it was fun to look down
from the north rim and look at a rapid in the distance and recognize the rapid
as Unkar. That’s a long way up the canyon rim to scout a rapid! At least from
that vantage point it sure liked Unkar to me.</div>
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After leaving a vehicle at Lees Ferry for a way back after
completing the hike, we drove north on House Rock Valley Road (BLM 1065) to
Stateline Camp to be close to the Wire Pass trail head the next morning. It’s
approximately 34 miles from Lees Ferry to House Rock Valley Road and 19 miles
north to State Line. This camp has vault toilets, canopies, and picnic tables,
but no water.</div>
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Wednesday we were greeted with great weather and we packed
up and headed to Wire Pass, just two miles north of the State Line Camp.</div>
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Many who hike Buckskin in one day will hike in through Wire
Pass and head one-way through Buckskin and then turn upriver on the Paria to
White House to complete the long day hike.</div>
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The Wire Pass trail head has a large parking area and vault
toilets, but no water. The trail starts across the road heading east into the
wash. Because we were carrying full backpacks we chose to access Buckskin Gulch
via Wire Pass to cut off a few miles.</div>
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Wire Pass is 1.7 miles in length. Starting the hike where
the road crosses Buckskin Gulch is 4.5 miles to the Wire Pass Junction
decreasing the first day’s mileage by almost 3 miles. </div>
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Wire Pass starts out wide and eventually narrows down to a
nice slot canyon, similar to what is found in Buckskin Gulch. Wire Pass is also
a popular access point to Coyote Buttes, better known as The Wave.</div>
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Wire Pass has a boulder choke that isn’t too difficult to
negotiate. </div>
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Wire Pass also gets narrow when carrying a full pack, but
nothing very difficult.</div>
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The junction of Wire Pass and Buckskin Gulch has some faint
petroglyphs on the right side of the canyon wall. </div>
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The length of Buckskin Gulch from Wire Pass to the
confluence with Paria River is approximately 11.5 miles. This is a canyon NOT
to plan on camping in as the flash flood danger is extreme so completing the
Wire Pass to the Paria section of 13 miles is a must.</div>
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Using a map that starts at the Buckskin entrance, mileage at
the confluence would be 4.5 even though the Wire Pass entrance cuts off 2.8
miles. Each time a mile point is identified, subtract 2.8 miles to get the
actual mileage hiked from the Wire Pass trail head.</div>
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Buckskin Gulch tends to alternate between relatively narrow
sections to wider open sections, but it’s safe to say emergency exits to high
ground are few and camping options do not exits, even in the wider places.</div>
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What struck me as usually compared to all the hiking I have
done in the region is the moss growing on the walls because the sun never
reaches those areas because the canyon is so deep and narrow in places.</div>
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Being inclined to simply soak in the beauty of the area, I
didn’t take a lot of pictures. </div>
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Keeping in mind the canyon stretches for over 11 miles after
reaching the confluence from Wire Pass, the changes in the character of the
canyon were very interesting.</div>
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The person with the permit was experiencing his third trip
through Buckskin/Paria and he was very surprised at the amount of water in
Buckskin.</div>
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We were in water and mud for a significant portion of the
day.</div>
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After a while we stopped worrying about the bottom of the
pack touching water as it was just took too much effort to keep the pack up
higher than the water line.</div>
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There were a couple of boulder jams that took some effort to
negotiate.</div>
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The first one had a relatively easy route up and over the
left side of the canyon. I wasn’t able to determine where in the canyon we
reached this first boulder jam to identify the mileage point.</div>
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The “Middle Route” at Mile 11.5 wasn’t obvious to me. I took
a couple of pictures wondering if that spot might be the Middle Route out of
the canyon, but I was never very confident that we had found it.</div>
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The big major boulder jam at Mile 14.5 was very obvious.</div>
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It took us a little while to find a viable way through the boulder jam as standing water had clogged up a lot of the areas that could have
served as a passage way down.</div>
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The common route of scaling a boulder with toe holds carved
into the rock just wasn’t working out as an option as wet boots were just not
gripping the toe holds consistently enough to risk it.</div>
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We found an alternate sliding down a sloped rock and in to
an open area below the largest boulders.</div>
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We lowered the packs down approximately 20 feet and then we
were able to continue hiking beyond the big jam.</div>
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Approximately a ¼ mile from the confluency with the Paria
the canyon opened up with some potential camping.</div>
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One thing I noticed was a little bit of clear water coming
in from the right side near where a camp was indicated on the map.</div>
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We didn’t stop, but I suspect there was a good possibility
of a fresh water spring near that camp.</div>
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After reaching the confluence with the Paria River, we
headed downstream for the rest of our hike. </div>
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The confluence of Buckskin and the Paria is about ¼ mile
past Mile 7 on the Paria River. Keep in mind we<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>had already hiked 13 miles even though the map mileage at this point is
only 7. </div>
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Another group had already set up camp on river left not very
far downstream from the confluence, so we kept going approximately 2 more miles
to a nice high camp on river right.</div>
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The water was very silty and we used a collapsible water
bucket to settle water for the rest of our water needs in camp and for the
first part of the next day.</div>
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On our second day we stopped for water at a wall spring that
wasn’t producing a lot of water. We put water bottles below the best flowing
“drips” and relaxed for about 45 minutes while we waited for our bottles to
fill.</div>
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When we came to Big Spring just past Paria River Mile 12, we
found a excellent flowing spring in the rock and quickly filled all our
containers.</div>
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In the future, I plan to not spend much time at the first
spring unless it’s flowing well, anticipating that Big Spring will be flowing
well.</div>
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Because we dropped a day in favor of drier weather, we
needed to average around 10 miles a day or more to reach Lees Ferry on Saturday
early enough to be able to travel back to Salt Lake City by Saturday night.</div>
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We left Big Spring all topped off with water and continued
to a nice high camp near Wrather Arch Canyon on river left.</div>
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We were never quite sure where Wrather Arch Canyon came in. We
may have passed it prior to camping, but either way we didn’t hike up the side
canyon to see Wrather Arch.</div>
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We almost missed Shower Spring as it’s hidden behind a lot
of growth at Paria Mile 22.</div>
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Luckily there was a group of scouts from Arizona who were just
getting ready to leave and pointed out where to access Shower Spring. The area
opposite Shower Spring looked like an excellent camp option.</div>
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Shower Spring was nice and cool and almost felt tropical. We
topped everything again and headed down the river again.</div>
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Because the water was very silted and higher than typical
for June, finding river crossings and the best routes weren’t as easy as other
times according to our permit holder.</div>
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We met up with the scout troop near Mile 25 and we were a
bit surprised they had already stopped. </div>
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We realized later that they had stopped to refill at what is
labeled on the map as the last reliable spring. We totally missed the
opportunity to top off one more time.</div>
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We eventually started accessing the high-water trail, which
was a much better option than the numerous river crossings that would have been
required had we stayed low.</div>
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Personally, I enjoyed the Paria River portion of the hike
more than Buckskin Gulch. We all have our preferences, and I had expected the
Paria to be a wide-open canyon most of the way.</div>
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I was pleasantly surprised to be able to experience many
dramatic changes in the scenery and character of the canyon and loved every
step.</div>
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After the wide trail descended to a river crossing, we
decided to stop and filter water just in case we ended up on the high trail
longer than our water would have lasted.</div>
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Because the water was so silty, it took a long time to
filter enough water to ensure everyone had at least a quart to hopefully get us
to our final campsite.</div>
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I personally only carry a water filter that has a ceramic
filter. A paper filter would have clogged on the first day and would have been
useless at that point. Ceramic filters do clog faster but can be cleaned many
times over without the filter failing.</div>
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If I were hiking near high-mountain clear streams it would
be a big deal to have something like a Katadyn Pro with a paper filter system.
In the canyons where cloudy water is the rule, not the exception, a ceramic
filter is well worth the extra cost.</div>
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Our goal was to reach Mile 33.5 next to Wilson Ranch.</div>
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At Mile 31.5 we crossed to river left and came to a few
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As we were looking at one boulder in particular, we were
surprised to see a triangle shaped shadow stretching across the petroglyphs.</div>
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Someone also realized that it was 6pm Mountain Time on June
20<sup>th</sup>, the summer solstice. This may be totally coincidental, but
looking at the way the shadow spread across the rock and being later in the
day, how maybe earlier the point of the shadow could have pointed to the spiral
design on the rock, I couldn’t help but think of the Sun Dagger petroglyph at
Chaco Canyon that marked the solstices twice a year. A pretty cool possibility
to consider!</div>
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Hopefully, we’re past the days when people think it’s okay
to deface ancient artifacts with their own stupid initials or names like
“Elick.” Ugh!</div>
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After a long day we finally made to Wilson Ranch only to
realize the scouts were already there. Not knowing what possible camps were
ahead of us that were close to the river, we asked if they wouldn’t mind if we
camped down below them about 50 feet. They were gracious enough to let us camp
close by.</div>
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We had a very windy night, but everyone was tired enough
that we all slept well.</div>
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Because we made it all the way to Wilson Ranch on Day 3 we
only had 5.5 miles to reach Lees Ferry. </div>
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By now the canyon had widened out much like what I had originally
expected the entire Paria hike to be like. </div>
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The closer we got to Lees Ferry, the more evidence of
civilization we would see.</div>
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There was road construction happening accessing Lonely Dell
and we had to park our vehicle where the river runners would park. This also
meant we had to cross the Paria one more time to reach our destination without
having to take a huge detour west to the paved road and then back up to the
Lees Ferry parking lot.</div>
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I’m probably in the minority with my thoughts about the Buckskin/Paria
hike. I really enjoyed hiking Buckskin, but I absolutely loved hiking the
Paria. </div>
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The upper section was reminiscent of Coyote Gulch in some
ways, with the middle section changing to something more unique, and then
opening up to grand vistas of some of the larger canyons in Grand Canyon. </div>
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I’m already anxious to set up the
next trip down the Paria, and if it includes Buckskin Gulch as well, I’ll be
just fine with that too!</div>
Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-30177927270652885782019-11-27T14:56:00.001-08:002019-11-27T15:02:00.815-08:00Goal Accomplishment TipsIf you set goals regularly, you already elevate yourself into the top 3% of the population when it comes to increase accomplishment.<br />
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If you are not one to set goals, maybe it's because you have "been there, done that" and it didn't work out very well for you. Failing to succeed at goals setting led you to decide goal setting just wasn't worth the frustration.<br />
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Can you imagine a soccer game, or a football game without goals or goal lines?<br />
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Maybe it's time to consider goal setting again, this time with a few helpful tips to get you to successful goal achievement more often.<br />
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One of my favorite goal setting tips is to set some smaller sized goals that lead up to the achievement of the "big stuff" you desire.<br />
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As a Jack Canfield Coach we would refer to this as "<b>chunking down</b>" the goal into smaller steps.<br />
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In my Rich Dad Coaching we would teach this sequence: 1) Identify the <b><i>big dream</i></b>, 2) break that down into the <i><b>large goals</b></i> required to achieve the dream, 3) break the goals down into<b> <i>projects</i></b> that would be needed to achieve each goal, and finally 4) break down the projects into <b><i>activities</i></b> that would get the projects done.<br />
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Think in terms of the amount of time, effort, and other resources needed. The greater the amount of resources needed, the higher up the scale it would go.<br />
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If the "thing" to accomplished takes longer than a week or two, it probably shouldn't be classified as an activity, and would be better identified as a project. As so forth...<br />
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And I like to add to chunking down the idea that when we have small successes we are creating <b><i>success momentum</i></b> that really helps us stay motivated to keep going.<br />
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A second tip that really helps me is identifying a nice <b><i>reward</i></b>, something I really want as a result of achieving the goal I have in mind, when the daily steps required are not very appealing.<br />
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For example; a year ago I had major back surgery which required a long, slow recovery process. The daily steps to getting to normal health again were not very exciting and sometimes not very pleasant.<br />
So I decided to plan a 20 mile overnight backpacking trip as early in the recovery process as possible with the approval of my surgeon.<br />
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Everyday as I focused on the daily routines, which included as much walking as possible, I would remind myself I was getting ready for the Hackberry Canyon hike in March.<br />
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After completing the Hackberry Hike, I still needed to continue the rehab process. Fortunately I was invited to join a friend on a 5 day 45 mile backpacking trip through Buckskin Gulch and the Paria River Canyon in June.<br />
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Because this hike would be a challenge for even a person in great shape, knowing this trip was coming up motivated me to continue the daily requirements to heal properly.<br />
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Then I added to the schedule a rafting trip down the San Juan River which kept my motivation strong to continue to often boring process of physical rehabilitation.<br />
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Creating a very compelling reward for goal achievement is an excellent way to stay focused on the less than enjoyable parts of goal achievement.<br />
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Perhaps you might be willing to try goal setting again if you add to the process the recommendation to "chunk down" the big goals and have an excellent reward waiting for you when you big goal is accomplished.<br />
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Wouldn't it be excellent to join the ranks of the top 3% in human achievement? What do you have to lose by trying these two simple improvements to goal setting and goal accomplishment?<br />
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For me it meant experiencing 3 excellent adventures this last year because I did the daily physical rehab work needed to recover from back surgery!<br />
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For additional help getting "unstuck" and moving forward at a faster pace to create for yourself a life well lived, contact me by text at 801-410-2266, or email me at chris@dtesuccess.com for more information on my coaching programs. Be sure to ask for a free 20 minute consultation!Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-8901271887892480692019-11-11T14:11:00.002-08:002019-11-11T17:37:41.336-08:00What You Focus On Increases<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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For over 10 years I’ve been taking advantage of a park near
my home to take long walks. I use this time to get some exercise, but more importantly,
it’s a time to disconnect from the noise of everyday life and think about how
to help others in my coaching business discover and access their own unique
personal potential.</div>
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The main reason I started walking in this park was our dog
Echo loved to take walks. And what was good for him was also very good for me.
I grew to really enjoy this time with Echo as we walked regularly.</div>
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During our walks, I would often contemplate my perceived inequity
I felt between the people riding horses and those with well-behaved dogs that were
required to be on-lease all the time. </div>
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It appeared that the “horse-people” had all the power. With
miles of open trails, there were no off-lease sections, but the horses could go
anywhere they pleased. The “evidence” of where the horses had been showed up
the most in the narrow trails near the stream bed where Echo and I preferred to walk.<br />
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Avoiding horse manure on the narrow trails was a constant
activity. And to make matters more frustrating, Echo saw the horse manure as a
trail snack and I had to keep him from sneaking a bite.</div>
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Echo has since passed away, a sad cancer story to happen to
such a good dog. Rest in peace Echo Doggie.</div>
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I still walk in the park without Echo, and of course it’s not the
same. But that idea will be discussed in a later blog.</div>
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Recently while near the beginning of a 6-mile walk, I
stopped to take a picture of the trail showing the change to winter colors.</div>
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As I looked at the view in front of me for this picture, I
couldn’t help but notice horse manure covering the trail directly in front of
me. And the thoughts of the “horse-people” influencing the rule requiring no
off-lease opportunities for dogs came back to my mind.</div>
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I had decided a long time ago to let this idea not influence
my experience in the park, and reminded myself that I could focus on the manure
on the trail, or I could focus on the bigger opportunity to enjoy a nice day on
the trail thinking about human potential and what creates a life well lived. </div>
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Through my own 25+ personal development journey and 14+
years of coaching I’ve learned what we focus on increases in taking up our
available “mental space” and we have the power to choose what will occupy our
thoughts, good or bad, productive or unproductive. </div>
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Hopefully, when you looked at the picture of the trail you were
not focusing on the horse manure on the trail directly in front.</div>
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Instead, I hope you saw a nice view of the park and what would be a nice hike. I
hope you were focusing on the bigger picture.</div>
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Our everyday choices on how we approach life isn’t all that
different. The longer view is always better if you know where you are going in
life and have a plan!</div>
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You can contact me directly for more information about my
personal coaching programs and learning to create an excellent life plan to assist you in reaching your full potential at <a href="mailto:chris@dtesuccess.com">chris@dtesuccess.com</a> or text me at
1-801-410-2266.</div>
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Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-51893584454655624372019-06-27T16:21:00.001-07:002019-06-27T16:56:35.641-07:00The Power of Clarity<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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A friend and I were "Jeeping" deep in the
backcountry of Canyonlands National Park. We had spent hours driving up and
over a section that required steep climbs and low range gearing called Elephant
Hill.<br />
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We had reached a point where were outside the park boundary
and were soon going to turn around and head back over Elephant Hill to camp. </div>
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When Canyonlands National Park was relatively young, my
family explored this area in our old CJ5 Jeep and we went as far as Bobby’s
Hole and made the steep climb up and then turned around. </div>
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I was curious to see how difficult Bobby’s Hole was, decades
later when I was in the area with my own Jeep. </div>
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As we got closer to Bobby’s Hole, my friend misjudged a
section of the trail and ended up disabling his front differential, making it
too risky to go back the way we came as he no longer had 4 wheel drive
capability. </div>
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I didn't have a detailed map of the area, but noticed on a
very basic park map an alternate way out but it would be around five times the
original distance. We really had no other choice so off we went without a map
and just an idea of how to get back to our camp.</div>
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On the way “out” via Bobby’s Hole, we encountered quite a
few roads branching off in different directions. None of them had and signs
indicating where they would take us. I just simply chose roads that would take
us in a north eastern or eastern direction, as a western direction would only
take us further into an area called Beef Basin. All the while hoping we were
heading on roads that would get us back to camp.<br />
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After many hours of travel, some very slippery wet sections
of road, and a few detours we finally reached a point I recognized. I could see
the paved road in the distance that would take us back into the main entrance
to the park. Only at that point did I have some confidence we'd find our way
back.<br />
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It was at the point in time that I also suddenly realized
how beautiful the area we were in really was. I had been so focused on finding
a way back to camp that I missed the amazing surrounding we were in!<br />
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I've been back many times since and love exploring the Beef
Basin area. That first trip however, was focused on just finding a way through
it.<br />
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Multiple lessons can be learned from that experience.</div>
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One example is I always take detailed maps whenever I
venture into the back country just in case I need to change plans and take an
alternative route.</div>
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Another lesson is the importance of having extra supplies which
could include gas and food. Since that trip I also carry what I call my rescue
bag to assist with extracting a vehicle out of a bad situation.</div>
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The biggest lesson for me was how not knowing where you are
going can really distract you from the positive experiences being presented all
around you at the time. </div>
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Since that first adventure I’ve thoroughly enjoyed exploring
the Beef Basin area as well as retracing the route original route we took all
the back over Elephant Hill.<br />
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I also went back to that area to explore the possibility of
hiking the Salt Creek area and have since completed 5 different Salt Creek
hikes from the access road I was originally struggling to find my way through.
All the time fully immersed in the present moment of such a spectacular part of
the National Park and surrounding areas bordering the park now well-known as
part of the Bears Ears National Monument.<br />
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The experience has helped me appreciate the value of having
a plan and mapping out where to go. In life, most people really don’t have much
of a plan for their lives.</div>
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Had we had a good map when it came to improvise our trip, we
would have avoided wrong turns and backtracking, as well as been able to focus
a lot more attention on the amazing scenery and enjoyed the journey a lot more.</div>
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Clarity of purpose and a plan is very powerful in helping us
make the best decisions with our resources. </div>
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Since that original experience of struggling to find my way
back to camp I have had the excellent opportunity of helping people find
clarity and purpose as a professional personal development coach. </div>
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Since 2005 I have been able to refine the process into a
powerful coaching program I call “A Life Well Lived.” This program with my individually
focused assistance will help you create a plan that will cover the foundational
principles of personal finance, goal setting, proper prioritization of
resources, and how your own unique gifts and talents play a big part in your
personal plan.</div>
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For more information, and to arrange a free 20 minutes
introductory consultation, please email me at <a href="mailto:chris@deserttoad.net">chris@deserttoad.net</a> or go to <a href="http://www.dtesuccess.com/">www.dtesuccess.com</a>. </div>
Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-4230457404771238912019-05-14T12:42:00.003-07:002019-05-14T12:42:45.275-07:00Kayaking the San Rafael River in Central Utah2019 is turning out to be an excellent water year for southern Utah. Something we haven't had consistently for more than a decade. As a "river runner" that has been frustrating at times.<br />
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I've learned to pay closer attention to the daily water levels on many of the rivers and streams in Utah in order not to miss an opportunity to raft or kayak a stream that has enough water.<br />
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My favorite small river/stream to run lately is Muddy Creek in the San Rafael Swell region of central Utah. The significant snow pack this year has me very optimistic that there will be multiple opportunities to run it this year.<br />
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But so far, the water measurements have been too low to go down Muddy Creek. Interestingly though, the San Rafael River to the north has been running strong for a couple of weeks now. Usually running under 50 cubic feet per second (cfs) the San Rafael has been above 300 cfs consistently for the last few weeks.<br />
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So along with other family members, we took off for a kayak trip down the San Rafael on Saturday, May 11th anticipating a flow of around 400 cfs.<br />
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We camped at the Wedge Overlook on a chilly Friday night once the sun went down. The roads out to the "The Wedge" were wet from an earlier rain storm. They were a little muddy, but well maintained and in great condition.<br />
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On Saturday morning we packed up quickly and headed out to Fuller Bottom where we rigged our kayaks and a small (13ft bucket boat) oar powered raft.<br />
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Research indicates that a flow of 150 - 300 cfs is ideal. Personally, I think anything less than 200 cfs would be possible, but a lot of work.<br />
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We were happy to see a flow of approximately 430 cfs when we launched at 11:00am on Saturday.<br />
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The current was swift but very manageable. I didn't feel at any point in the trip the oar boat would have a problem and the kayaks easily navigated the river, even through the occasional braided channel.<br />
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Floating past the Wedge Overlook is approximately the half way point. The canyon features through The Wedge are simply stunning and reminded me a lot of the Yampa River through Dinosaur Nat'l Monument as well as parts of the Escalante region.<br />
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Including a 30min lunch stop, we spent 5 hours floating all the way to Swinging Bridge. There are a couple of spots upstream to take out that are easier, but I didn't see what the road conditions were like getting to those take out areas.<br />
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Taking out just under the bridge is excellent for access to vehicles, but it is swift water only and a bit of a challenge making the stop. Anyone with some experience kayaking can do it and then assist the ones with less experience.<br />
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If the water level is lower than 400 cfs, anticipate a longer trip than 5 hours. I've heard of others spending up to 8 hours on the river. So give yourself plenty of time to complete the float, and enjoy a really peaceful and scenic trip.<br />
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The day after Thanksgiving Day in November of 2010 my son
Rob and I hiked to Druid Arch in Canyonlands Nat’l Park for the first time.
Since the early 2000’s we had been all around that area by Jeep, but we had
never made the hike to Druid Arch. </div>
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Late November 2010 was very cold, but the weather was clear
and sunny during the day. There was snow on the ground and all water sources
were solid ice from the Elephant Hill Trail Head to Druid Arch.</div>
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Upon returning to Druid Arch in November 2013, we found a
different set of circumstances, but we loved the contrasting weather. This time
there was still snow on the ground, but it was warmer than the 2010 experience.
What was so different this time in addition to the temperature difference, we
now had low clouds and fog. </div>
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We love doing the hike to Druid Arch in the winter because
we’re unsure of any consistent water sources and with an 11 mile round trip (10.8
miles) hike, you could end up carrying a lot of water if you hiked in warmer
temperatures. This time there was plenty
of pools of water in Elephant Canyon to filter. But because of the cool temps,
we each used less than 2 liters per person and didn’t need any extra water
beyond what we started out with.</div>
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The trail to Druid Arch is well signed and easy to follow.
There are four different trail junctions on the way to Druid Arch. The only
potential trouble is on the way back from the arch the junction that takes you
out of Elephant Canyon can be easily missed and take you to EC 1 camp instead. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We like to start from the Elephant Hill Trail Head because
it is the shortest distance unless you drive over Elephant Hill back to the
Joint Trail. Even then you only cut off 4 tenths of a mile each way. <o:p></o:p></div>
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From the trailhead you work your way up to the next rock
formation level, and you’ll stay at that level for a while, with some minor ups
and downs. The first two miles of the
hike take you through a couple of sections of high rock formations by
short-cutting through some narrow sections. <o:p></o:p></div>
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At the 1.5 mile mark you’ll reach the first junction in the
trail. A turn east would take you back to the Squaw Flats Campground. We turn west and head in the direction of
Chesler Park . <o:p></o:p></div>
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We pass through another narrow section and head down a steep
section and in to Elephant Canyon. On your way down look across the canyon to
the north and you can see a nice sized hiker’s camp. That is EC1.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once you reach Elephant Canyon you are at the next junction.
You can keep going west if you want to go to Chelser Park. But to get to Druid
Arch you will stay in this canyon from now on. <o:p></o:p></div>
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see Druid Arch from its north facing side view. That means in just a few bends
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metal pole to cross a big boulder. This can be tricky if there is snow
accumulation as it’s sheltered from the sun in the winter time and metal bar
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With the low clouds and fog made for some really nice photos
of the arch and views down Elephant Canyon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you go left at the top of the rock fall instead of the
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a distance that is further away.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We like to stop for lunch and rest awhile near the arch. But
we make sure we get back on the trail with enough time for the return trip as
the daylight is short in the wintertime. Not being a huge hurry, we took about
2.5 hours to hike to the arch, and about 2 hours to hike back, with a stop of
about an hour at the arch.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Back Country Camping: Camps EC2 and EC3 are found in
Elephant Canyon and are very nice backpacking camps. EC2 is a bit of climb up
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<o:p>Druid Arch November 2010 </o:p></div>
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One of my favorite activities is to spend time in southern Utah with my
family camping, Jeeping, hiking, or rafting. One of my other favorite
activities is to study from and grow my library of personal development and
business books. Recently I found a book entitled, “The Wisdom of Wilderness” by
Gerald G. May. The author recounts many of the lessons learned while camping
alone.<br />
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That got me thinking. I couldn’t remember the last time I had been camping
alone, if ever. So I decided to give it a shot. I told my family I was going to
go to Moab to do some camping, but this time I was going alone.<br />
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So I packed the Jeep and headed to Moab for a long fall weekend. When I
arrived in Moab I bought a couple of bundles of wood in case the evenings got
cold, made sure I had a full tank of gas, and called my wife to let her know
the general area I planned to go and promised to call after two days since I
would be out of cell phone coverage until I was back in Moab.<br />
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I picked a camping area about 20 miles from the nearest paved road at the
base of the La Sal Mountains in a valley seldom visited by most people
exploring around Moab. During the two days I spent there I never heard another
vehicle or saw another person. The only noise was the noise I made or what
nature created.<o:p></o:p><br />
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I learned some very interesting lessons in my exceptionally quiet time
alone. I’ll share a couple of them here.<br />
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I was actually quite surprised how hard it was to get used to the silence.
It took me almost a full 24 hours just to settle down and be comfortable in all
that silence and stillness. I love the tranquility of the desert southwest, but
rarely take the time to be still and just think for long periods of time.<br />
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After finally settling down I pulled out a tote full of books and began to
browse through whatever caught my interest. I eventually started thinking about
goal setting and personal achievement.<br />
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As I considered the value of setting goals I also thought about an idea I
had been considering regarding the potential “let down” once a goal is
achieved. Of course it makes sense to make sure we always set additional goals
to avoid any kind of let down.<br />
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The challenge I was considering was the feeling of never being able to
“arrive” since we always have additional goals identified and ready to pursue.
As I thought about that idea, here’s what came to mind in the quiet of that
valley far away from anyone else. I wrote the following in my notebook:<br />
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“Life is best lived in the gap—the gap between your plans and dreams and
their ultimate achievement. There is joy in the journey.”<br />
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I realized that I can be at peace with living in-between my accomplishments
and additional goals, as long as I’m continually moving forward and improving.
And because I’m okay with living in “the gap” I can acknowledge each success
and lessons learned from each mistake and have joy in this journey we call
life.<br />
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Would I have come to that realization if I had never decided to go alone
into the stillness of the desert? I don’t know. Was it worth going anyway?
Absolutely! Learning to be still and living in the gap were just two of many
lessons learned while on this particular adventure.<br />
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The question for you is when will you take your opportunities to be still
and contemplate what matters most in your life? In today’s world of multiple
sources of media bombardment, quiet time must be planned or it just won’t
happen. You don’t have to go off into the middle of nowhere, but occasionally
total silence from man-made noise can be very beneficial.<br />
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March of 2013 was an excellent time to backpack in the Grand
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On Monday afternoon after picking up lunch at the Subway in
Escalante, we headed out the HITR road to Egypt Bench. The trail head is
approximately 10 miles due east off the HITR with the last short stretch pretty
challenging if your vehicle doesn’t have high clearance. In fact we saw a few
vehicles parked at the beginning of this last stretch I assume to hike to Egypt
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In the early afternoon after getting our backpacks ready and
eating lunch we headed off of Egypt Bench towards Fence Canyon. The first
section is quite steep and even has places where the pack guides of the past
cut grooves in the sandstone to make it easier for the pack animals to make the
decent and accent.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To access Fence Canyon after coming off the steep bench it’s
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The biggest challenge we found was that there are multiple
ways to come off the rim of the canyon and really no clear trail and cairns
marking multiple ways down. So we picked our way down the south side of the
point that separates the two canyons, but making sure way stayed off the floor
of the south canyon until we were at the confluence of the two canyons that
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It was still early in the year so there was still ice on the
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Not far from the confluence of the two small canyons that
make up Fence Canyon we reached the Escalante River. There is great camping on
the south side of the stream as well as a high bench on the north side of the
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We decided to set up our camp on the south side of Fence
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We were surprised that the river was running high. The two
weeks before our arrival there had been some good storms that rolled through
the southern half of the state and it looked like the snow that was left behind
was melting and running off earlier than usual.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was planning on coming back in May to attempt a kayaking
trip from either Calf Creek or Fence Canyon to Coyote Gulch. This was the main
reason for doing this hike was to see if it would be a viable put-in for a
kayak trip if there was a concern about the upper half of the trip not having
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The second reason for trip was to explore Neon Canyon and
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We didn’t pick our second crossing very well and ended up in
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there were no shallow sections to choose from. But by standing on some
submerged tamarisk we were able to make the crossing by probing with our
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On the way back we found a much better crossing further
upstream. So if the water level is high, once you reach the first left turn
(east) in the river after Fence stay on the right hand side of the river, but
stay close to the river and follow it until just before the river turns right
(south). Then cut across to the place where the river starts to turn right
again (west) and that is the best place to cross in high water.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was late in the afternoon as we heading down the river so
we were aware that we wouldn’t be able to spend a long time in search of the
Golden Cathedral, but we also enjoyed the afternoon light along the Escalante
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At the mouth of Neon Canyon there is a really nice area to
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into the Golden Cathedral, or if you were floating down from Calf Creek the
camp isn’t far from the river bank.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The walk up Neon Canyon was very nice and the Golden
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changing and can be quite different depending on the amount of water flowing
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Working our way back to camp was much easier since we were
able to spot better river crossings and surprised to discover the very best
route right before Fence Canyon is actually against the sandstone wall on the
west side of the river. Being a whitewater rafter it’s usually the opposite.
The deep water is usually along the outside edge of the river, especially in
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We set up camp on the south side where we set down our packs
earlier and by the time we had returned we had company on the north side up on
the high bank on the opposite side of the stream. But the privacy is still
pretty good, but I would expect that after two groups it would get a lot harder
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In the morning the temperatures were low and the water bucket
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filtering to avoid having paper filters clog too quickly or having to clean
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I liked this south side camp this time of year because the
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The hike out was a lot of uphill and I was glad we got a
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It was still a challenge to find a good defined trail up and
out of Fence Canyon. But once you’re up on the rim of Fence it really doesn’t
matter where you hike as long as you work your way southwest towards the last
climb out. Keeping in mind that it doesn’t really matter where you hike as long
as you are on the slick rock mainly and not creating new trials unnecessarily, and
of course never stepping on the “kypto” soil.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We met a large group of what looked like college aged people
about ½ way up as they were heading in. I counted 24 people. Let’s hope it was
two separate groups of 12 (the maximum number allowed) and it was just a
coincidence they were all together. (I really doubt it.) Large groups can be
really tough on the fragile desert and when I see a disregard for the
regulations I start to wonder how long it will be before we have to deal with a
permit system that doesn’t allow for a spontaneous trip into the region.<o:p></o:p></div>
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most out of shape of the three of us, it took me a bit longer to reach the top,
but it was a great hike. The weather was perfect and this year March was a
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In the mid 1990’s I was working as a Zone Manager for a manufacturing and distribution company in Salt Lake City, Utah. An outside company came and did a presentation to our territory sales reps for a group of evening seminars featuring well-known personal development and sales trainers. Only two people signed up, one of them was me. As a gift for signing up that evening we each received a set of cassette tapes of about a dozen previously recorded presentations.<br />
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One of the presentations was a two cassette presentation by Jim Rohn. I remember listing to the presentation once and didn’t think too much about it. Then I decided to listen again and by the time the second cassette tape was finished, I had a shift in my thinking that has changed everything.<br />
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Stephen R. Covey writes, ““Many people experience fundamental shifts in thinking when they face a life-threatening crisis or step into a new role (a husband or wife, parent or grandparent, manager or leader) and suddenly see their priorities in a different light. It becomes obvious that if we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But if we want to make significant, quantum change, we need to work on our basic paradigms.”<br />
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So what was so significant that Jim Rohn said in that presentation that had such a profound affect on me to change my basic paradigms. I had reached the point that I was at in my career by drawing on my education and experience, but had felt like I was at a plateau. Jim Rohn was challenging his audience to never stop learning and to take personal responsibility for continuing their education by reading at least one book a month. After I graduated from college, I stopped studying up to this point. Now with a new paradigm, I became a student again. So what got me to the point of being a Zone Manager isn’t what got me to where I am today.<br />
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As a Zone Manager I remember thinking about how nice it would be to be able to only work five 10 hour days a week instead of the 60 to 80 hours a week I was typically working. As a “reborn” student I stumbled across a book entitled “Your Money or Your Life” by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin. Another significant paradigm shift arrived in the prologue. I didn’t have to even get to the first chapter to benefit from my commitment to learn. Here are the words that created that paradigm shift for me:<br />
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“Once upon a time “earning a living” was the means to an end. The means was ‘earning’; the end was ‘living.’<br />
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Over time our relationship with money—earning it, spending it, investing it, owing it, protecting it, worrying about it—has taken over the major part of our lives.<br />
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Most of us spend much more than 40 hours out of the week’s total of 168 hours earning money. We must take time to dress for our jobs, commute to our jobs, think about our jobs at work and at home, “decompress” from our jobs. We must spend our evenings and weekends in mindless ‘escape entertainment’ in order to ‘recreate’ from our jobs. We must occasionally ‘vacate’ our jobs, or spend time at the doctor’s office to repair our job-stressed health. We need to plan our ‘careers,’ attend job seminars or union meetings, lobby or picket for our jobs.<br />
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We must spend money to maintain our jobs—job costuming, commuting costs, food bought expensively at the workplace. We must spend so that our neighborhood, house, car, life-style and even life mate reflect our “position” in the work world.<br />
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With all that time and money spent on and around our jobs, is it any wonder that we have come to take our identities from them? When asked, “What do you do?” we don’t say, “I do plumbing.” We say, “I am a plumber.”<br />
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When we are not taking our identity from our jobs, we are identified as ‘consumers.’ According to the dictionary, to consume is to “destroy, squander, use up.” We consider shopping to be recreation, so we “shop till we drop.” We want a good future for our kids, so we work harder or become a two-income family and relegate raising the kids to day-care centers or nannies. We buy them the newest toy to prove our love. We earn for their college educations but relinquish the opportunity to spend time with them during their formative years. We bemoan the influences of “bad company,” but we ourselves have never been in their company long enough to influence them. We are spending so much of our precious time earning in order to spend that we don’t have the time to examine our priorities.<br />
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Our old financial map, instead of making us more independent, fulfilled individuals, has led us into a web of financial dependencies. From birth to death we have become financially dependent—on our parents for our first financial sustenance, on “the economy” in order to get a good job after graduation, on ‘the job’ for our survival, on “unemployment” handouts to tide us over between jobs, on our corporate pension to pay our way in old age, on Social Security to supplement our corporate pension (or supplant it if the corporation or its insurer goes bankrupt) and on Medicare or Medicaid if we get sick before we die. The old road map has hit the end of the road. The material progress that was supposed to free us has left us more enslaved.<br />
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Conditions have changed, but we are still operating financially by the rules established during the Industrial Revolution—rules based on creating more material possessions. But our high standard of living has not led to a high quality of life—for us or for the planet. Remember that the old road map had nothing wrong with it—it was wonderfully useful in 1890 and for many years afterward—but the territory has changed. New tools for navigation are needed. What we need now is a new financial road map that is based on current global conditions and offers us a way out."<br />
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Wow! Here I was spending at least half of my 168 hours a week officially working or recovering from the work effort, and who knows what the real number was based on the definition from that prologue. I remember on the weekends struggling to stay awake long enough to experience a little bit of life away from work with my family. My children were beginning to grow up and I was missing everything. How do we measure the cost of regret and lost opportunities? So I decided to stop making a “dying” and start figuring out how I could make a living.<br />
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After a lot of twists and turns and an large investment of resources into my own personal development, I was able to discover what my life’s purpose is and find joy and abundance by being ‘on purpose’ in my career and business pursuits.<br />
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With each day of personal development I have many of the small shifts in thinking that continue to make a difference and occasionally have a significant shift in mindset and anticipate having many more as I continue to accept Jim Rohn’s challenge to be a life-long student.<br />
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When you discover a life of joy and abundance, a universal desire is to share that path of discovery with others. My work now is a culmination of that path of discovery. And it all started with a challenge from a person I’ve never met, but made it his mission to help others learn from his experience. My personal mission is living an extraordinary life of joy and abundance, and to help others to do the same. And from that mission DTE Consulting and Desert Toad Expeditions were created.<br />
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© DTE Consulting 2012 “Helping You Do The Extraordinary!”Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-6521272858913693072012-06-22T17:54:00.002-07:002012-06-22T18:18:19.163-07:00Coyote Gulch - Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument<br />
One of the things I love about Utah is not only do we have five awesome National Parks, we also have some incredible National Monuments. And my all-time favorite is The Grand Staircase National Monument.<br />
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But long before it became a National Monument, I have the great fortune to discover it’s incredible beauty. In the spring of 1968 my dad and two of my older brothers came out from the San Francisco Bay Area and along with some other extended family headed out to a very little known area of south-central Utah near the little town of Escalante, UT. I didn’t get to go because of ear infections.<br />
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Fortunately, a year later we did the same trip again. The trip was to a canyon called Coyote Gulch. A perennial stream that eventually drains into the Escalante River and then into Lake Powell. We loved it so much that we ended up returning 3 or 4 more times in my early years. I also had the good fortune to hike Harris Wash to Twenty Five Mile Wash, as well as Twenty Five Mile Wash to Coyote Gulch before I was 16 years old.<br />
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The big dilemma of hiking Coyote Gulch is that everything else in the Grand Staircase doesn’t quite measure up. Sometimes I think people ought to visit a bunch of other places before Coyote Gulch. But fortunately every area is unique and wonderful. Fair warning though, it’s really difficult to top the 18 miles that make up the main section of Coyote Gulch.<br />
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The early years in Coyote Gulch have always held a special place in my heart. But even more memorable has been taking the next generation there. In the early years we used to camp at the Willow Tank Trailhead which accesses Coyote Gulch by way of Hurricane Wash. We would take two days to hike to the confluence of Coyote Gulch and the Escalante River and either layover near the mouth of Coyote Gulch or camp just across the Escalante River at a big sandy area called Packer’s Camp on the big bend in the river below the confluence. <br />
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After a few days of exploration from our base camp we would hike from the Escalante River all the way back out to Willow Tank in one day. A very long hike for a 9 year old boy, but always exciting to see the canyon walls start to drop and 50 Mile Mountain start to rise up in the west.<br />
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In the years since, Packer’s Camp has become very overgrown with Tamarisk plants, the scourge of the Colorado Plateau. Also, since the early years a different route into Coyote Gulch was discovered via the Crack-in-the-Wall trail.<br />
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If you choose to start at “The Crack” trailhead, keep in mind there are some sections of deep, soft sand it’s advisable to have four wheel drive for that section.<br />
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My favorite way to hike Coyote Gulch now is to leave a shuttle vehicle at the Willow Tank trailhead and drive the 10 miles out 40 Mile Ridge to the Crack-in-the-Wall trailhead.<br />
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If you arrive with enough time, you can start your hike to Coyote Gulch after arriving. If you don’t have at least 2 to 3 hours of daylight left, it’s best to camp at Willow Tank, do your shuttle and start your hike in the morning.<br />
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The trail out from the trailhead to the “crack” isn’t very difficult, but much of the trail is over slick rock and the need to follow the cairns is essential to finding the “crack.”<br />
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When you reach the “crack” the view down to Escalante Canyon is awesome. And if you look closely you can see Stevens Arch just in the bend of the river as it turns southwest. The arch tends to blend in as your are high enough on the opposite rim that you cannot see any sky through the arch.<br />
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The route down through the crack isn’t very difficult, as long as you are not trying to take a full size pack through. We like to bring a 30 to 40 foot rope and lower the packs off the side of the crack and work our way down through the gap without the packs.<br />
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We chose to lower the packs in two stages. A short drop down to the opening after the first squeeze. Then the next drop was further, and this is where having 30 feet of rope or more is helpful.<br />
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There are two sections of the "crack" and the second section is the longest and would be very difficult if you had to hold your pack out in front or behind you while you worked your way through. Lowering the packs with a rope is much easier.<br />
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Once you get through the crack it’s a long downhill walk through deep sand. I remember as a young boy camping at Packer’s Camp looking up at that sand dune and wondering if there was a way to climb up to the rim. From a distance it looked like the sand went right up to the rim.<br />
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Once you reach the access point to Coyote Gulch, you have the choice to go upstream or downstream. We usually choose to head upstream a few miles to an overhang on the south side of the canyon and a hiker’s pit toilet up on the north side of the canyon. They are both just beyond a cascade that’s easy to walk up on the left side almost like a staircase.<br />
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This overhang is an excellent place to camp as it provides great shelter if a rainstorm passes through or if you are in the canyon during hot weather. Once we set up camp it’s nice to head back down the canyon and explore the lower section of Coyote Gulch. You can even make a full dayhike by heading up the Escalante River to Stevens Canyon, then to Elephant Arch. Or you could scramble up the canyon wall from Packer’s Camp right into the middle of Stevens Arch on the rim.<br />
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If you choose to head up Stevens Canyon, be aware that the entrance is overgrown with tamarisk and there is plenty of poison ivy on your way up to Elephant Arch as well. It’s also possible with enough time and some planning to work your way up Stevens Canyon and then cut up an over the top through Steven’s Arch and then down to Packer’s Camp in a long loop. This loop I have not done yet, but met two Glen Canyon rangers who had just completed the loop one of the times I was in that area.<br />
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Back at the overhang, from the camp you walk upstream a little ways to an excellent seep coming off the wall. It’s great place to refill the water bottles and use clear water for cooking. Some say it’s okay to drink straight from the seeps, but I prefer to be careful as I’d rather always filter rather than risk an illness. Bring a poncho or raincoat as you’ll get pretty wet filling your pots.<br />
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I remember in the early years dipping my Sierra Club cup right in the stream of Coyote Gulch without worrying about water-borne illness being an issue. Unfortunately, those days are gone, so it’s a good idea to take advantage of the clear-water seeps along the way. That should lower the risk of clogging your water filter.<br />
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Just beyond the first seep is one of the first waterfalls. There are two ways around this obstacle as you head upstream. One way is to go up on the rim via a small trail that goes right past the outhouse and up on the rim. The second way is to go almost up to the waterfall and then scramble up the left side. You’ll see some good size rocks there to make it easier to get up to the level of the top of the fall.<br />
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The high trail by the outhouse will also get you past the second falls as well. I personally like to take the route close to each waterfall on the left side as you can get some excellent pictures of each waterfall and it really is a spectacular sight.<br />
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Once you pass the two waterfalls, the going gets a lot easier with a lot of stream crossing and winding through the canyon, which is classic Coyote Gulch hiking.<br />
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A few miles up is the last major waterfall. Also, up on the north side of the canyon is Cliff Arch. Since I was a kid we always referred to it as Jug Handle Arch, but that was before there were any maps of the area.<br />
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In the past few years we have chosen to work our way up around the waterfall on the right hand side and up along the canyon wall and then back down again further upstream. I’ve heard you can stay low and closer to the water for an easier route, but I haven’t used it yet.<br />
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As a kid I remember using a route on the opposite side of the canyon as well, but there have a been some significant flash floods through the canyon since the late 60’s and early 70’s which seem to have changed this section dramatically. I vaguely remember scrambling over a big log jam above the falls, but the log jam no longer exists.<br />
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After more winding through the canyon Coyote Natural Bridge comes into view. Arches tend to be the predominate rock feature in canyon country. So it’s always nice to encounter a natural bridge once in a while.<br />
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Another interesting section comes along when the stream works its way through a very narrow gap in the wall. As a kid I really don’t remember this in the four or more hikes in and out of Coyote Gulch. I assume it was there all the time and it just never made a significant impression on me back then.<br />
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Just past this narrow gap is a really nice little narrow section. The easiest way to go is to just work up onto the ledge on the right hand side and go around it. This is a spot we like to stop for lunch and enjoy the cascade for a bit.<br />
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Just around the corner from this section is one of the more photographed but lesser known sections of the canyon. This section I do remember as a kid and I’ve always been fascinated by the flukes created here and once you’ve seen them you’ll recognize them in any picture where they are featured.<br />
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The next major point of interest is Jacob Hamlin Arch. You’ll know you are getting close when you can see up on the top of the north canyon wall a white mark in the shape of a letter U.<br />
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When the arch is in sight, if you look to your right you should see a trail up to a second outhouse. There is also a way to work your way up the canyon wall and out to a cross-country trail that will take you to the trailhead parking about half way out the 40 Mile Ridge Road. This is the same trailhead you would use to hike to Sunset Arch. There is also a big water tank on top of the hill where the trailhead parking is located.<br />
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A few years ago I hiked out from that trailhead to the rim overlooking Jacob Hamlin Arch. If you decide to hike out to Jacob Hamlin Arch from that same trailhead, you can find your way to the right section of the rim by aiming for that same U shaped mark on the opposite rim.<br />
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After doing that day hike I decided when coming up Coyote Gulch it would be more desirable to spend an extra day and go out to the Willow Tank trailhead instead. Plus I didn’t think climbing up the canyon wall with a full pack would be the safest way to go without some kind of safety rope.<br />
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The area around Jacob Hamlin Arch is another good area for camping. Besides having the outhouse, there some nice seeps on the north side of the canyon. In fact, even when I plan on staying at the confluence of Coyote Gulch and Hurricane Wash I like to take advantage of a clear water source and fill up here.<br />
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From Jacob Hamlin Arch to the confluence is more of the classic meandering stream and high canyon walls. I’ve heard there are pictographs and other features along this section, but I’ve never been able to find them.<br />
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The confluence of Coyote Gulch and Hurricane Wash isn’t as obvious as you might think. When the canyon takes a right-hand turn and you see a small stream coming in on the left, that’s Hurricane Wash.<br />
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There are some really nice camping areas on the right hand side of Coyote Gulch and the confluence with Hurricane Wash. One year this area was already taken so we just walked upstream along Coyote Gulch and found another excellent spot to camp.<br />
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You can go all the way out Coyote Gulch to a trailhead called Red Well. I prefer the hike out Hurricane Wash as it goes dry within a couple of miles of Coyote Gulch and I really love the changing scenery from Coyote Gulch to Willow Tank.<br />
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One year I hiked a few miles up Coyote Gulch towards Red Well to see how it looked and decided I still like the Hurricane Wash exit in comparison.<br />
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If you go out Hurricane Wash be sure to fill up with all the water you’ll need for an eight mile hike out to Willow Tank. Hurricane Wash tends to dry up pretty quickly and there is typically no water until you reach your shuttle vehicle at Willow Tank.<br />
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There is one place along Hurricane Wash where the streambed seems to split and you can go either left or right. I’ve found bearing right is the better route and will keep you in the correct wash to reach Willow Tank.<br />
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On one trip out, I met a hiker who had come in from the Sunset Arch trailhead and was going into Hurricane Wash on her way to Coyote Gulch. So I suspect that you may find yourself off-course if you bear too far to the left (south.) Just keep in mind that you should be heading generally west directly towards 50 Mile Mountain.<br />
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In this area the walls have started to come down and the wash widens out, There is an interesting section that narrows down quite a bit, but the walls aren’t very high compared to Coyote Gulch. Then just as fast as the narrow section appears, it spreads out again. You start to think you’re almost there, but you’re really not.<br />
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It isn’t until the wash really opens up for good and you start seeing the evidence of a lot of cattle activity in the area.<br />
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When you reach the Hiker's Maze and the sign-in kiosk you will be within a mile or so of the Willow Tank trail head.<br />
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Once you arrive at Willow Tank then it's time to run the shuttle back along 40 Mile Ridge to the Crack-in-the-Wall trail head.<br />
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Once your shuttle is completed and if you have some extra time, there are some excellent detours along the Hole-in-the-Rock road or out on 40 Mile Ridge. You can hike out to Sunset Arch from the trailhead mentioned before. A very popular day hike is to Spooky and Peek-a-Boo slot canyons just off of the Dry Fork of the Coyote road. A brief exploration of Devil’s Garden is also interesting, especially if you are there around sunrise or sunset. The most popular hike in the monument is to Calf Creek Falls.<br />
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More on these areas in a future blog posts. Keep in mind these trip reports are informational only and are not to be relied on as accurate. Canyon country and can change dramatically and everyone should always use their best judgement in the outdoors.<br />
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Above: Near the Overhang Camp<br />
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</div>Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-86396252782343327582012-03-04T20:22:00.007-08:002012-03-04T20:46:30.560-08:00Searching For Artifacts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4OAmxJO4jaItTx0hE9MZz_q0dkKxxp-MjXsmCe_4JADNzVqNpuu1HpDotwvwPzikicsbtEmcB4vtw4AHQnyKa25CHETS4R7gmGkv05_2yhWgwN5ggtQInSkXhMdUIuZ_Ss-7ZSZLjcvD/s1600/HPIM1355.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4OAmxJO4jaItTx0hE9MZz_q0dkKxxp-MjXsmCe_4JADNzVqNpuu1HpDotwvwPzikicsbtEmcB4vtw4AHQnyKa25CHETS4R7gmGkv05_2yhWgwN5ggtQInSkXhMdUIuZ_Ss-7ZSZLjcvD/s320/HPIM1355.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div>One of the most fascinating parts of exploring the desert southwest is the personal discovery of the ruins, petroglyphs, and pictographs of the ancient cultures that previously inhabited the area.<br />
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But what about our individual “artifacts” that we might leave behind for future generations? I’ve been very poor at recording my activities in a journal, but what a great artifact that can be. Or perhaps we can write our thoughts down in a format similar to a blog posting, or perhaps an autobiography.<br />
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What are the artifacts that you’re working on? If nothing comes to mind, perhaps it’s time to start thinking of some!<br />
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</div>Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-35089473646013284182012-03-01T16:21:00.017-08:002012-03-01T17:14:18.310-08:00White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwm2vr7MrWOPpwpA41uXbt7vV4LppbIJ4X4fuDmUQZ1K_clWPRS9f5dlZ47M_6LgfLG9vFhWy6paKvZK6uZdQruvD8nUhZ38o2AH4qJySVvUMny38GlZMLNkfcpWUVfPmMHSxYLvHl3PeK/s1600/White+Rim+Trail+May+2010+105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwm2vr7MrWOPpwpA41uXbt7vV4LppbIJ4X4fuDmUQZ1K_clWPRS9f5dlZ47M_6LgfLG9vFhWy6paKvZK6uZdQruvD8nUhZ38o2AH4qJySVvUMny38GlZMLNkfcpWUVfPmMHSxYLvHl3PeK/s320/White+Rim+Trail+May+2010+105.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>In May 2010 I had the opportunity to explore the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park. We had applied for a permit the year before so my son could take some friends and bike the approximately 100 mile loop.<br />
Unfortunately, he got a job out-of-state that spring and had to cancel his trip. Fortunately, I didn't have to cancel and decided to do the trip anyway in my Jeep. Normally I would not recommend a backcountry desert trip but I knew the White Rim Trail is usually well traveled in the spring. In fact, the Spring or Fall are ideal times to explore most areas of Canyonlands National Park and surrounding BLM lands. <br />
The following is the journal I kept while on the White Rim Trail, as well as pictures I took on that trip.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b>Day 1</b>: Thursday, May 20, 2010</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It’s probably between 70-80 degrees with light winds. There are some gnats flying around that have been doing a little biting. Lots of mountain bikers and support vehicles, but a good distance between each campsite at Airport. There is room for up to 8 people at least and plenty of room for a kitchen area. No fires allowed, but can do dutch oven in a firepan and carry out the ashes. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Shade around 7pm and the gnats are getting bad and biting more. I looked under the Jeep again and found that the front sway bar linkage on both sides broke loose at the ball joints. It shouldn’t affect the handling on the dirt roads, but I’m not sure what that will mean for highway driving.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Gooseberry Camp B is the better of the two camps for future reference. Camp A is right by the road.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The view is spectacular when you come around the point below the White Rim Overlook. You can see the Needles in the distance to the south with Monument Basin in front. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Coming around the Green River side of the trail, I came to a spot where it was convenient but not necessary to drop into low range. At some point the Jeep slipped out of low range into neutral so I had to roll backwards a bit to get it back in to low range and continue. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I didn’t sleep well at all. I put up the rain fly that comes all the way to the ground to keep the blowing sand and dust out. But every big gust blew sand in anyway right on top of my head and my pillow. I had to brush the sand off my pillow periodically throughout the night. At 10:30pm I finally put earplugs in my ears and slept some. I woke up at 6am very tired and it’s still very windy.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A lot of up and down from Murphy to Candlestick. The drop off of Murphy heading north is also steep, but not as intense. I’m not a fan of driving near exposed cliffs so it’s probably not nearly as intense as I imagine it to be.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candlestick is exposed but has a nice view down to the Green River. Low range is holding and the Jeep is not overheating, but the brakes feel a little weak. Just another thing to be concerned about. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Before Potato Bottom the road parallels the river up on the White Rim, but not too high up. The wind was blowing so hard it looked like the current was going upstream. Potato A is small, but could still fit 8 campers, Potato B is the best of the 3, and Potato C is nice but a ways from the outhouse.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiWmDMX_lxFHFxmyuglhopyQcyt5h_vnkkEWltzAWovotf5DkNrafB5a9re-MUPLjhX9_sXzZGaLUR_GDP4DlHxItHte0g2i3JUMIdUXLvZFU4sebEGjtU3XMFrmh5e9_H14ydgpRap1L/s1600/White+Rim+Trail+May+2010+259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiWmDMX_lxFHFxmyuglhopyQcyt5h_vnkkEWltzAWovotf5DkNrafB5a9re-MUPLjhX9_sXzZGaLUR_GDP4DlHxItHte0g2i3JUMIdUXLvZFU4sebEGjtU3XMFrmh5e9_H14ydgpRap1L/s320/White+Rim+Trail+May+2010+259.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>Hardscrabble was just as gnarly or “gnarlier” that Murphy Hogback in my opinion. It’s still extremely windy and still not letting up when I got to the Fort Bottom trailhead. I decided not to hike out to the Fort Bottom ruin as it was so windy I wasn’t sure I’d be able to stay on the trail. A bike support truck came by right at the trailhead which was nice because I didn’t notice very many places we could have squeezed by each other in that whole section up Hardscrabble and back down off the level above the White Rim.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Pretty steep decent down to Hardscrabble Camps. The camp furthest from the road looked like the better of the two. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Taylor Canyon looks like an interesting side trip. It’s about 6 miles to the Moses and Zeus formations. Didn’t go due to my concern about vehicle issues.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD3bplmV8Pe_Ov0z5tdoHns-yIMrLye_LCqsNUMxTRA5jpgpRTaLa638icjEb59dGEOABYk5oTosrozF3U9GWac2Z4J1A4zTyslAsbMw7kgz8y_qWgWev0-wO3o8bj4j4f6SeroulMOVG/s1600/White+Rim+Trail+May+2010+272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD3bplmV8Pe_Ov0z5tdoHns-yIMrLye_LCqsNUMxTRA5jpgpRTaLa638icjEb59dGEOABYk5oTosrozF3U9GWac2Z4J1A4zTyslAsbMw7kgz8y_qWgWev0-wO3o8bj4j4f6SeroulMOVG/s320/White+Rim+Trail+May+2010+272.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>:Labrynth camps are open and exposed with no shade for either. But they are in a beautiful area fairly close to the river and opening up to the east towards the Island in the Sky Rim.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">After reaching the top, the road was wide and much better. I headed straight back to Moab and the wind was still gusting heavily. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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(c) DTE Consulting 2012 "Helping You <strong>D</strong>o <strong>T</strong>he <strong>E</strong>xtraordinary!"</div>Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-43250257818557583552012-02-17T13:42:00.006-08:002012-03-16T11:46:23.165-07:00Closed For Restoration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4MMqPwW5GMEijq1tptlL4zvR1zdaFWkNBHum0bF992f2pG_OTNDljPzi-dTkT-72skoGU1p-5V3RCupAqK-rSQ7d57MnFeSFO9Yhpu0MaVLpQ9sg10Sq3vkPDHIN7zSpijXPiX3xJ567/s1600/DSCN0059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4MMqPwW5GMEijq1tptlL4zvR1zdaFWkNBHum0bF992f2pG_OTNDljPzi-dTkT-72skoGU1p-5V3RCupAqK-rSQ7d57MnFeSFO9Yhpu0MaVLpQ9sg10Sq3vkPDHIN7zSpijXPiX3xJ567/s320/DSCN0059.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div>A typical Friday morning for me involves taking my dog Echo on a 6 to 8 mile hike near our home. The area has abundant trails that almost seem like a big spider web laid over the area. Only a few of the trails are developed as major trails, however.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYh9GIsVsXKw1cQIeoJ_j2VjA7sTGsnDfgTgg6WjLcB4X1-lTdIeoniX7tY0ee0RFLIia8jjVKf68m5-d49RNCQ2SasE3POhv70W-zkA2XTPOAPY-aIA3Rt4l337Cm7-sakFsulKikuam/s1600/Dry+Gulch+Trail+Signs+March+2012+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYh9GIsVsXKw1cQIeoJ_j2VjA7sTGsnDfgTgg6WjLcB4X1-lTdIeoniX7tY0ee0RFLIia8jjVKf68m5-d49RNCQ2SasE3POhv70W-zkA2XTPOAPY-aIA3Rt4l337Cm7-sakFsulKikuam/s320/Dry+Gulch+Trail+Signs+March+2012+005.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>Every so often Echo and I will come across a place where a small barrier has been erected and a sign posted that reads, “Closed for Restoration” or “Restoration Area.” It’s not uncommon to see similar signs posted throughout the National Parks and Monuments in the desert Southwest in order to protect the fragile desert environment.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCi-Pg72JCnxnEj1mwShtTqEjIQbmsf8XnNXVh_D0dJ5LgZDx1Dc6TkFoDnrCRL4tYLIeWj5tmIWZxG7eKvHEqM-vJiAtGX-8M2ZsnQ8NP_Lo6ksm4u_GtfTCCVCL8i2Odeford7IQGExi/s1600/DSCN0066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCi-Pg72JCnxnEj1mwShtTqEjIQbmsf8XnNXVh_D0dJ5LgZDx1Dc6TkFoDnrCRL4tYLIeWj5tmIWZxG7eKvHEqM-vJiAtGX-8M2ZsnQ8NP_Lo6ksm4u_GtfTCCVCL8i2Odeford7IQGExi/s320/DSCN0066.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div>Just a few weeks ago when Echo and I passed one of those signs I began thinking about the significance of that sign and its application in our own lives.<br />
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I thought about how each one of us comes into this world in simple terms a “pristine” environment. As we go through life people around us create pathways in our minds. Some make improvements, and some pollute and/or damage our minds with their interactions. Some in the name of “progress” they may even try to remove altogether the natural beauty that was originally there.<br />
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The damage may take the form of verbal abuse or an assault on our self-worth or confidence. Some in the name of “progress” will say they are “protecting us” from disappointment by telling us it’s impossible, or to stop dreaming and get real.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpuikc25ZbhaAb0g4AnH1YHbBTvja48ujVD3h-A5a_E7yicM7xkLylOAKYaL0h5rB4aw0bPZLlRHMsVTHG6iYUlSHJwU0Tzfjc6jWTz2GU-xv_rq6a44GJkLlLSvZ1w535iQ8tBpLfBjB/s1600/HPIM2002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpuikc25ZbhaAb0g4AnH1YHbBTvja48ujVD3h-A5a_E7yicM7xkLylOAKYaL0h5rB4aw0bPZLlRHMsVTHG6iYUlSHJwU0Tzfjc6jWTz2GU-xv_rq6a44GJkLlLSvZ1w535iQ8tBpLfBjB/s320/HPIM2002.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div>At some point, however, we may realize that the path that was created was not good and that it lead to unnecessary damage to the environment (our mind) and it is now time to close that path off for restoration. And if someone tries to take that path again, we can remind that person, and ourselves, that the path is closed for restoration and will no longer be available.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbR8wJLRNmS7J_0lCGcA2lhHbvHDWLgWOop9g-CUmsJ-fXHPj61RdBvp-EDUNlOOm_RLZfPWqzrGI4eZAYj9e9h1p0PsAbzXm5HC-PFZjfGBtTRQ4l0ny2BMwcFr0MvHHe8OKg6Lmjt6Se/s1600/Dry+Gulch+Trail+Signs+March+2012+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbR8wJLRNmS7J_0lCGcA2lhHbvHDWLgWOop9g-CUmsJ-fXHPj61RdBvp-EDUNlOOm_RLZfPWqzrGI4eZAYj9e9h1p0PsAbzXm5HC-PFZjfGBtTRQ4l0ny2BMwcFr0MvHHe8OKg6Lmjt6Se/s320/Dry+Gulch+Trail+Signs+March+2012+004.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>One way a path can be closed is by changing our interpretation of someone else’s evaluation of a goal we have set for ourselves. For example; someone might say to you, “You can’t do that, it’s impossible.” They are trying to take us down the path of “self-doubt” or “avoidance of dreaming big.” We can close that path by thinking to ourselves or by responding, “No, you are only saying that <em>you</em> can’t do it, that it’s impossible for <em>you</em>.”<br />
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I personally have closed the “impossible path” off by reminding myself “everything was once impossible until someone did it for the first time.”<br />
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What are some of the mental pathways that have been developed in your mind that are now ready to be “Closed for Restoration?” Take some time to really ponder that question. To help you get started, think about the following:<br />
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Think about some of the generalizations you may have accepted in your life like “all wealthy people are greedy” or that a certain race, religion, or nationality of the human race is bad. Hopefully there aren’t very many of those ideas still floating around.<br />
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It is very common to find when we start to dream big again our mind will gravitate back to old paths that essentially take us way off our new course and back to our old ideas and thoughts. That’s the time to close that path, even if that old path (thoughts) feels safe and familiar, because it only leads us back to the same old place. Back to a place we really shouldn’t be once we know our dreams are bigger than that.<br />
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My opinion is it’s always better to hang around with positive people. Hang out with people who find joy in everyday life. Find someone who is willing to serve as a mentor. Get a personal coach. Spend more time with people who do NOT take you down paths you have decided need to be closed. If you make those changes, your life will definitely improve. Keep in mind that restoration projects typically are not completed quickly. But we can decide to close the path immediately if we choose. The human mind, like nature, is truly amazing when it comes to restoration. How much will nature do to restore an area that has been closed for restoration? Everything it possibly can. And so can you!<br />
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© DTE Consulting 2012. “Helping you Do The Extraordinary!”Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-26489968921498378252012-01-31T20:03:00.000-08:002012-02-01T12:52:05.490-08:00What Matters Most<div id="prv_image" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></div><div id="prv_image" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One of my favorite poems is by Linda Ellis titled, “The Dash.” I have it framed and in my office where I can see it often and it’s a good reminder for me to focus on what matters most in my life. Part of it goes as follows:</div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">“I read of a man who stood to speak</div>at the funeral of a friend.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">He noted that first came the date of her birth</div>and spoke the following date with tears,<br />
but he said what mattered most of all<br />
was the dash between those years.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">For the dash represents all the time</div>that she spent alive on earth<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">and how only those who loved her</div>know what that little line is worth.<br />
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</div>For it matters not, how much we own,<br />
the cars…the house…the cash.<br />
What matters is how we live and love<br />
and how we spend our dash<br />
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I have what’s often referred to as a “bucket list.” It’s over 5 years since I wrote out my personal bucket list. The process of creating it and then focusing on accomplishing things on my list has been both remarkable and a whole lot of fun.<br />
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One of my bucket list items, and presumably the last one I’ll accomplish is that “My funeral be a celebration of a life well lived.” What a great gift that would be to all those you care about the most to allow them to have your funeral be a time of celebration instead of filled with regret and sadness. Of course there should be sadness in the fact that you will be truly missed and we’d rather be together as long as possible. But there just seems to be great peace for those left behind when they feel the “dearly departed” lived an accomplished and full life.<br />
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A “dash” full of meaning and accomplishment is designed. It doesn’t happen by accident. So the question is, “What will your ‘dash’ represent when your mortal life is done?” Have you designed it yet or have you left it to chance?<br />
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For information on how to design a great ‘dash’ go to <a href="http://www.dtesuccess.com/">http://www.dtesuccess.com/</a> to learn more.<br />
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© DTE Consulting 2012, Help you to “Do The Extraordinary!”Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-10965145884836919812012-01-15T14:15:00.000-08:002012-01-20T21:05:54.780-08:00Cathedral Valley, Capitol Reef Nat'l Park, October 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVoaTAJVWC8FrvP6k_uK1WPoH5SNLYXzb108oBJFdnLe8FUhPtDnE2ZaCTh4J9SQP55JKI8_xaEA6rOXgzAEz0Q60IB1msFlRtYZUd21k0JGoyOB8FB3NLoRzphKbFrKcm7J2p_WRwutK/s1600/Cathedral+Valley+Capitol+Reef+Oct+2011+082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVoaTAJVWC8FrvP6k_uK1WPoH5SNLYXzb108oBJFdnLe8FUhPtDnE2ZaCTh4J9SQP55JKI8_xaEA6rOXgzAEz0Q60IB1msFlRtYZUd21k0JGoyOB8FB3NLoRzphKbFrKcm7J2p_WRwutK/s320/Cathedral+Valley+Capitol+Reef+Oct+2011+082.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>One of the little known areas of Capitol Reef Nat’l Park, and rarely traveled areas is Cathedral Valley. It’s an area that is off the beaten path and requires a river crossing of the Fremont River for the most common entry point into the valley.<br />
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Late October in Utah brings a lot of people out to southern Utah. Some for the fall hunt, and many take advantage of the great fall weather usually found during this time of year. We were taking advantage of the great weather and the annual fall break in our school district.<br />
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We arrived in Capitol Reef late in the early afternoon on a Thursday. We decided to try and get a campsite in the park, only to find the campground was already full. We went to the Visitor’s Center and talked with the rangers and they gave us some ideas of places to camp in locations outside the park.<br />
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One of the areas they suggested was just south of Hwy 24 and the Notom – Bullfrog Road. The other place suggested was back towards Bicknell at the Sunglow Campground in the Fishlake National Forest.<br />
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We also asked about the river crossing and other information we needed to know about for our trip into Cathedral Valley. There seemed to be a lot of water running in the Fremont River near the campground, but the ranger said there shouldn’t be too much to cross with a stock 4X4 pick up. He said to just make sure you in 4 wheel drive and keep your momentum up when turning left out of the river on the north side.<br />
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On Friday morning we skipped the Visitor’s Center and headed right to the river crossing at the east end of the park. The river ford is about 12 miles east of the Visitor’s Center and crosses some private land so be careful to follow the main dirt road paralleling Hwy 24 until the road splits and the right hand road goes uphill. Don’t head uphill back towards Hwy 24. Instead you take the left track and that will get you to the river crossing.<br />
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At this point it’s convenient to reset the odometer and track the mileage from zero.<br />
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Not far from the spring we started to work our way through the Bentonite Hills at approximately Mile 8.5. The colors of the hills are very interesting and the soil is such that if it were raining it would be impossible to go anywhere, four wheel drive or not.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX84flK_TjobDDZRuh9gUTYaZw3HyUPUTLDQ0fGFgwnmjHq9W0lX-8g-znE0uk4PGbjYuicoLztPEdQ4EjgX9RAoxIPTxxLYhUxHhNobwn2F85UwQAh9J083gue34KgfyqnsSZlQF7bDhx/s1600/Cathedral+Valley+Capitol+Reef+Oct+2011+079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX84flK_TjobDDZRuh9gUTYaZw3HyUPUTLDQ0fGFgwnmjHq9W0lX-8g-znE0uk4PGbjYuicoLztPEdQ4EjgX9RAoxIPTxxLYhUxHhNobwn2F85UwQAh9J083gue34KgfyqnsSZlQF7bDhx/s320/Cathedral+Valley+Capitol+Reef+Oct+2011+079.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>There is a trail that works its way down the cliff to the valley below. At the time I wasn’t sure the trail was a good one, but later that day I was reviewing some of my maps and realized we could have taken it down to Jailhouse Rock. Next trip to Cathedral Valley we’ll make sure we’re ready for a longer hike than just to the overlook.<br />
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The next opportunity is the trailhead to the Lower Valley Overlook. It’s a one-mile cross-country hike to the north. It took us across the creek bed a couple of times and then up a saddle to a really nice overlook of the Temples of the Sun and Moon.<br />
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The next point of interest is the junction of the road that continues up onto Thousand Lake Mountain and the road that continues on the loop through Cathedral Valley. If you find the Cathedral Valley Campground full, the ranger suggested taking this road up into the mountain for numerous at-large camping opportunities. Taking a right turn instead took us to the turn off to the Cathedral Valley Campground.<br />
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After breaking camp, we worked our way down into the valley and took the time to stop and walk up to Morrell Cabin. I was surprised to see running water in the creek just before reaching the cabin.<br />
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A short drive further down the road is a trailhead that works up on top of the mesa and parallels the cathedrals in that area. It’s a little over a mile walk heading west to the top end of the cathedrals and well worth the hike. I loved the views in-between each of the cathedrals further down into the north valley.<br />
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As we worked our way east along the road, I was surprised that there weren’t very many more opportunities to view more cathedrals. It seemed that before we knew it, we were turning off to the Gypsum Sinkhole. You may want to slow down and take more time in the section around the Morrell Cabin.<br />
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We stopped for lunch about a mile down the road on a little used spur that looked like it had been used for camping since it’s outside the park on BLM land.<br />
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One thing that impressed me was the condition of the road on the whole loop. There was little or no washboard. Very smooth and very well maintained. An excellent trip in dry weather and the only need for four wheel drive was to just make sure we could get across the Fremont River. If there was any concern about the river crossing, you could do the trip going the opposite direction and backtrack before reaching the river. I like going the direction of the river crossing first. Then, if for some reason the river rises while being out in Cathedral Valley we’ve already crossed the river and wouldn’t have to double back the way we came.<br />
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In any case, be sure to stop by the Visitor’s Center and get the most up-to-date information. This is just a report and not intended to be used as a guide. Be sure to use your own judgement.Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-39504168543672596722012-01-07T12:05:00.000-08:002012-02-01T12:50:12.684-08:00Slowly Turn the PageIn past ages in human history a lot of the concern and effort in life was literally just trying to stay alive by maintaining adequate safety, food, and shelter. Abraham Maslow dedicated his life’s work to understanding the human hierarchy of needs.<br />
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Today, we live at an unprecedented time when the basic need for safety, food, and shelter is not nearly as doubtful in our everyday lives, at least not for most people in the United States. I’m not attempting to ignore we still have major issues in America. But for the most part, we’ve been given a tremendous gift, the gift of time and freedom to choose what to do with our time. I would guess that if you are reading this, you probably don’t fall into the category of not having your basic needs met on a regular basis. So we can move on to thinking about the fulfillment of higher needs, which could include assisting those who have challenges getting their basic needs met.<br />
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I was listening to a song by Amy Grant called “After the Fire” recently, and the chorus got me thinking. Here is the chorus to “After the Fire”:<br />
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Slowly, slowly<br />
We turn the pages of life<br />
Growing, knowing<br />
It comes at quite a price<br />
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Do we really live in such a way that we feel like we slowly turn the pages of life?<br />
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I believe one of our greatest challenges is really to learn to slow down and do the things that matter most. Choosing the highest priorities that bring out our unique purpose(s) in life.<br />
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Because of our extreme access to all kinds of forms of media, we could spend all our waking moments immersed in some form of virtual reality that is not our own reality. We can watch movies about someone else’s life. We can play games that turn us into some extension of a virtual character. We can endlessly watch the lives of others in their reality shows and never really create something exceptional of our own lives.<br />
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Why obsessively follow everyone else’s Tweets instead of doing something yourself that’s “Tweetable?”<br />
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We can even have music playing so often that our minds become distracted to the point where we never really have an original thought or creation of our own.<br />
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On the other hand, because of the tremendous gift of freedom we have, we can prioritize differently and become a creator of a reality full of abundance and joy. Real joy that we feel deep inside our souls.<br />
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This doesn’t mean abandoning all forms of media completely. This writing is a result of listening to a song and thinking about the lyrics. The phrase “moderation in all things” would be appropriate for our use of media in our daily lives.<br />
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We can also fill our lives with other forms of activities that limit our ability to be uniquely creative and discover our unique purpose. Perhaps it’s filling our schedule with the activities of others that leave no time for our own purposes. Perhaps feeling that our “sacrifice” for them is noble.<br />
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The parent who fills the day racing from one child’s activity to another without a moment to stop and think about anything else. Or the parent who works endless hours to make a living so they can pay for all the toys that they don’t use because they are too busy trying to pay the bills for the toys they bought on credit that they don’t have time to enjoy. No wonder Robert Kiyosaki described it in “Rich Dad Poor Dad” as the “Rat Race!” This “rat race” looks a lot more like “quickly, quickly, we turn the pages of life.”<br />
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I believe that to create a lifestyle where we “slowly turn the pages of life” is done by simplifying and by devoting more time to quiet reflection and focusing on our own unique contributions and potential. The focus on our own unique talents and growth is not selfish, though it may feel like a selfish choice at first. When we discover our unique talents and express them well, we give all those around us our greatest gifts. And our lives become filled with meaning, and our abilities to create joyful and abundant lives increases.<br />
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So sit back in quiet reflection and imagine what it would be like for you if you were to design a life where you are able to “slowly, slowly, turn the pages of life.” It’s all about designing a life of joy and abundance instead of a life full of hollow results. Why not design your own life full of meaning and contribution that’s real.<br />
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© DTE Consulting 2012 “Helping You <b>D</b>o <b>T</b>he <b>E</b>xtraordinary!”<br />
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<u><b>After The Fire</b> by Amy Grant</u><br />
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After the fire is over<br />
After the ashes cool<br />
After the smoke is blown away<br />
I will be here for you<br />
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After the stillness finds you<br />
After the winds of change<br />
All that is good and true between us<br />
This will remain the same<br />
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<b>Slowly, slowly</b><br />
<b>We turn the pages of life</b><br />
<b>Growing, knowing</b><br />
<b>It comes at quite a price</b><br />
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After the fire is over<br />
After the ashes cool<br />
After the smoke is blown away<br />
I will be here for you<br />
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After your time of wandering<br />
Along this lonely road<br />
There will be many voices calling<br />
Mine will say welcome home<br />
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Slowly, slowly<br />
We turn the pages of life<br />
Growing, knowing<br />
It comes at quite a price<br />
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After the fire is over<br />
After the ash is cool<br />
After the smoke is blown away<br />
I will be here for you<br />
I will be here for youChris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-34089291262581965532011-12-29T12:29:00.000-08:002012-01-07T21:31:59.948-08:00Salt Creek Canyon Backpacking--Canyonlands National Park, April 2011<b>Hiking Salt Creek Canyon, Canyonlands National Park</b><br />
April 18-23, 2011<br />
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<b>Day One: Travel from Salt Lake City and shuttle to Cathedral Butte Trailhead</b><br />
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We traveled from Salt Lake City to the Canyonlands Visitor’s Center in the Needles District on Monday. We arrived about ½ an hour after the Backcountry Desk had closed, but the main visitor’s center was still open.<br />
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I was concerned that we would have to come back in the morning for the permit, instead of doing our shuttle that evening and getting started with our hike first thing in the morning.<br />
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I asked if it were possible to get our permit even though the backcountry desk was closed and the ranger went in the back for a minute and said another ranger could help us.<br />
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Dorita was the ranger who had been working the backcountry desk and she was kind enough to open things up again and take care of our permit. She was awesome, never rushing us and making sure we had all our questions answered including where we could count on finding water, and how to cross the marshy area above Kirk Cabin. Give yourself plenty of time as the back country desk closes an hour before the main visitor's center, because you may not be so lucky.<br />
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With our permit in hand, we left a vehicle at the Peek a Boo trailhead in the Squaw Flats Campground and headed out to the road that goes out to Ruin Park/Beef Basin and our destination, Cathedral Butte.<br />
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As we traveled, we could tell it hadn’t been very long ago that there was some difficult road conditions as the road has some very deep ruts and made it slow going for us even though the roads were dry.<br />
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Arriving at Cathedral Butte, we found about 4 cars already parked there and the sun was quickly disappearing. The view down into Salt Creek was spectacular. The wind really picked up as we were setting up tents to camp for the night. <br />
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<b>Day Two: Cathedral Butte to Salt Creek Camp #2 (SC2)</b><br />
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It rained hard during the night, but we woke up to clearing skies and what looked like a promising day for hiking. As we were enjoying the morning sunlight spreading out over Salt Creek we noticed that when the sun was just right, you could see Kirk Arch clearly. At any other time it blends in to the canyon walls behind it and it’s very hard to see.<br />
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The trail down from Cathedral Butte was steep, but easy to follow and well maintained. The two of us who had trekking poles appreciated their ability to hold us back. My pack was very heavy, so I really appreciated the extra help.<br />
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As we entered Salt Creek Canyon, I was surprised at how wide and open the canyon was at this point. I was expecting a much narrower canyons similar to Elephant Canyon on the way to Druid Arch and the section of Salt Creek Canyon near Peek a Boo Springs. We enjoyed the wide-open spaces as it allowed us to follow our progress from Cathedral Butte behind us as we worked our way towards Kirk Cabin.<br />
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When we reached the marshes, we could tell the park service had been working on an alternate route around the marshes on the west side of the canyon. But the trail had the appearance of being blocked off by tree branches, presumably because they hadn’t completed that section yet. So we took to the marshes as described by Dorita at the backcountry desk the evening before.<br />
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As we worked our way through the marshes, we found it got harder and harder to not sink into the mud and water. I think because of the heavy rains the night before the marsh was exceptionally wet that day.<br />
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After getting through the marsh with some mud and wet shoes, we stopped for lunch under a small overhang that provided some nice shade.<br />
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It didn’t take very long to reach Kirk Cabin after lunch. We reached a place where the water was flowing well and cascaded down into a pond not far above Kirk Cabin. The trail passes right by the cabin so it’s easy to get a good look inside and out. Standing in the door of Kirk Cabin, you can look directly west and enjoy a great view of Kirk Arch on the other side of the canyon.<br />
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Just beyond Kirk Cabin is the spur trail that leads to SC1 and SC2. Of the two camps, I thought SC1 was the better camp as it provides more seclusion and protection from the elements. If I were camping in the winter or late fall and wanted the warmth of the morning sun, then I would choose SC2 as it is more out on the open plain than back in the rocks like SC1. We also took advantage of the easy access to the water source not far above Kirk Cabin to filter water for camp and refill our water bottles.<br />
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<b>Day Three: SC2 to SC3</b><br />
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We woke up to frost all over our heavy duty garbage bags we used to cover our packs at night. It was cold, but not really uncomfortable. The morning sun quickly warmed (and dried) everything up anyway.<br />
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The trip from SC1 to SC3 was full of great archeology and arches and excellent vistas. We decided to skip a side hike up Big Pocket in favor of a side hike up to the base of Big Ruin. If you hike to the north side of the entrance to Big Pocket, there is a diamond shaped rock with about half of it buried in the ground that is just before you reach a trail that makes for an easy crossing over to the west side of the canyon and Big Ruin. The ruins are impressive and below them are hundreds of pieces of pottery shards, arrowheads, and two stones that were used to grind maze.<br />
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If you know where to look, you can see from Big Ruin back across the canyon to the east and see Wedding Ring Arch. After we returned to the main trail we passed fairly close to Wedding Ring Arch. Fish Eye Arch is also in the distance to the south as well as another arch on the west side of the canyon which my son decided to name UFO Arch.<br />
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Anytime you find a well-traveled side trail, it probably leads to a ruin or other interesting natural wonder. After Fish Eye Arch and before a big bend in the canyon, there is a nice set of ruins, that sit low against the canyon wall on the west side of Salt Creek Canyon. One of the ruins still has corn cobs in the structures and melon or squash vines growing nearby. I remember seeing similar vines near Lee's Ferry where rafters begin their Grand Canyon trips.<br />
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The next significant attraction, and one of my favorite, was the pictograph The All American Man. It’s the only pictograph I’ve ever seen that has dark blue pigment. It’s very interesting in that is uses red, white, and blue colors and has a very similar design to the American Flag. It was also bigger than I anticipated it to be as it looks to be around 5 feet tall or so. There are a couple of remnants of ruins in the same area as the pictograph.<br />
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From the All American Man the trail turns up into a narrow gap in the wall which I assume is used because the creek bed most likely is impassable as it makes a sharp bend south. The trail is steep as it climbs up and through a gap in the canyon wall, but not difficult to do. It's a short climb up into the opening in the wall and then easy switchbacks down the other side.<br />
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As the trail works its way back down to the creek we passed through some tall growth and eventually came to another cascade and pool. When we reached that point, a spur trail to the east lead right up to some excellent ruins and a really nice pictograph called The Four Faces. The afternoon shadows made for some very nice lighting.<br />
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Not too far downstream from the pool is the spur trail to the southwest that leads to SC3. This was a very nice camp with plenty of room for tents and a great view of the canyon walls to the east and west.<br />
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So far our plan for camping after relatively short hikes was working very well. We never felt rushed and took our time at each major point of interest we wanted to visit.<br />
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We walked back up to the pool from SC3 to get water which was a short distance and very convenient, similar in distance to our walk back from SC2.<br />
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<b>Day Four: SC3 to Angel Arch Canyon</b><br />
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We had rain during the night, but not as much as we experienced at Cathedral Butte, and decided to take the time to dry out the tents in the morning sun before packing them away. Because of the location of SC3, the sun came early to that side of the canyon, which we appreciated.<br />
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From SC3 we encountered Upper Jump, which is an interesting section where the water falls off a shelf down to another pool.<br />
From Upper Jump we had the chance to look at a set of ruins high up in the wall on north side of the canyon. An interesting pictograph on the west end of the ruins looks like a set of paper dolls with joined hands.<br />
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I checked out SC4 even though we weren’t scheduled to camp there. It’s a small camp, so if there were more than two tent sites needed, it would be a bit more challenging. This is the last camp that is by reservation only, and the last camp with bear boxes (20mm rocket boxes in river rafting language.) From Angel Arch Canyon down to Peek a Boo Springs it’s at-large camping, no reservations needed. The park rangers refer to it as The Zone.<br />
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We arrived at Angel Arch Canyon in plenty of time to hike up to Angel Arch that afternoon. We decided to camp just downstream from the entrance to Angel Arch Canyon in an area that is definitely used for camping frequently. There was plenty of open space with rocks piled up for the “kitchen” and the protection of large cottonwood trees.<br />
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We set our packs down and headed back up Angel Arch Canyon. The last time I had been here was in 1974 and we had traveled up the canyon from the visitor’s center by Jeep all the way to Angel Arch. The canyon seems to be taking back it’s pre-Jeep road state and on occasion you can see the two-track road, but it also appears that flash flooding and plant growth are hiding what was a trail in many places.<br />
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Even as a teenage I remember being very impressed with Angel Arch and I was anxious to see it again. We were not disappointed. Angel Arch sits high on the western wall of the canyon as it boxes out and is simply much more spectacular in person than any picture can capture. But that can be said about most of the desert southwest.<br />
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The wind picked up pretty good while enjoying Angel Arch and continued to be steady and strong on our way back. Cooking dinner was a bit challenging with a strong wind. Setting up tents was even more challenging as the winds continued to be steady and strong.<br />
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As the sun went down, so did the winds and the night was calm and mostly uneventful. Some kind of rodent took an interest in the bag of sunflower seeds that was in an outside pocket of my backpack, even though it was covered in a plastic garbage bag. It climbed up underneath the cover and chewed a hole right through the thick fabric of the backpack to get at the seeds inside. I suppose in the future I will keep the food in the middle and deep inside my pack to reduce the temptation for rodents. It would have been convenient to have the bear boxes there also, but as of this hike in April 2011 the boxes are only found in the upper section of Salt Creek and not in The Zone.<br />
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<b>Day Five: Angel Arch Canyon to Peek a Boo Springs Camp</b><br />
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The hike from Angel Arch Canyon to Peek a Boo Springs was the longest day of hiking so far on the trip. Because there weren’t any significant side hikes, it worked out fine to schedule the trip that way.<br />
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One of the larger side canyons to the west appeared to have really pushed a lot of water through in the past. Later that day in talking to one of the rangers hiking up Salt Creek, he mentioned that a major flash flood had come through there in August 2010. So only about 8 month previous there had been significant flash flooding through that area. <br />
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The canyon was narrowing a lot more than prior to Angel Arch Canyon and the scenery was excellent. We were fortunate to have been able to get a reservation for the Peek a Boo Springs Jeep Camp which is normally only available to vehicle campers coming up the canyon to that point.<br />
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We were able to cut off a whole bend in the canyon by hiking up and through the arch that gives this area the name of Peek a Boo. One of the very nice things about camping in the vehicle camp was the convenience of a picnic table, but more importantly a vault toilet that meant not having to dig cat holes and helps minimize that human impact in the canyon. I suppose we could also debate the impact of the construction of a vault toilet as well.<br />
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It was also very obvious that major flashflooding had come through this area because the gate that prevents vehicles from going any further up the canyon was laying on the floor of the creek bed and the creek bed was significantly wider than the gate would ever be able to cover. I suspect the flooding also made most of the road impassable from Peek a Boo back to the confluence of Horse Creek and the entrance to the canyon further downstream.<br />
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About 8 years prior to this trip I drove a Jeep up as far as the Peek a Boo Camp. I towed a Ford Explorer out of that section that had sucked water into the engine and blew the motor. The water in that section would sometimes be up to the bumper on my Jeep. I wonder what it must have looked like after the flash flooding from the previous August? I wondered even more if hiking out that way would have required stream crossings that meant getting boots and lower legs wet or not. Hiking out from Peek a Boo to the Horse Canyon gate is an alternate exit for this hike.<br />
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<b>Day Six: Peek a Boo Springs to Squaw Flats Trailhead via the Peek a Boo Trail</b><br />
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This day brought overcast skies and the threat of rain. We made our way around the larger bend of Salt Creek Canyon when you leave Peek a Boo to a place were a long ladder helps you get up and out of Salt Creek Canyon and working your way northwest back to Squaw Flats.<br />
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Having not been on the Peek a Boo trail before, I had imagined it to weave through canyons to Lost Canyon. But to my surprise we just kept climbing higher and higher until we were almost at the highest level we could get. It started to rain softly which wasn’t too bad, except that it did make the grip on slick rock a little less sure. I would not attempt this section if it were icy or if there was snow.<br />
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There were a couple of occasions where the trail edged along some pretty steep drop offs, so if you are fearful of edges or heights, you might have a hard time in a few places. A couple of times I lost my footing coming off a ledge because it was wet, but nothing serious and in dry conditions it probably wouldn’t be a problem.<br />
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The final day proved to be the most challenging physically as there was a fair amount of elevation gain and loss. I suppose you could break up this section by staying at the backcountry camp at the junction of Lost Canyon and the Peek a Boo trail. This camp requires a reservation like the camps in the upper section of Salt Creek.<br />
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Since the trail skirts edges of a number of canyons on the way to Squaw Flats, the views of the Needles District, the Blue Mountains, and the La Sal Mountains were excellent. Well worth the extra effort to exit via the Peek a Boo Trail.<br />
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Once we reached the trailhead, my wife and I drove the vehicle we left there back up to Cathedral Butte and made the return trip back to Squaw Flats in about an hour and a half. Poor road conditions could make it much more time consuming.<br />
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We had dinner in Moab and made it home to Salt Lake City later that evening.<br />
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Salt Creek is an excellent intermediate hike. Not one I would consider for a beginner. A back country permit is required and campsites SC1 - SC4 are assigned by the NPS. I recommend going on-line at <a href="http://www.nps.gov/cany/planyourvisit/needles.htm">http://www.nps.gov/cany/planyourvisit/needles.htm</a> to print a permit request well in advance of your hike. Of course, the information provided is not to be relied on as canyon country can change dramatically at anytime and weather conditions can have a significant impact on your experience. Use your own judgment and resources to determine whether this hike is for you or not.<br />
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</div>Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499047105649302282.post-85631401702319800422011-12-29T11:02:00.000-08:002011-12-29T11:02:18.136-08:00New Year's Resolutions-Oh No! Not Again!<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I believe it’s very possible to create excellent New Year’s Resolutions and make that annual process a great and productive experience. I also think it’s essential to have our lives turn out in a way in which we can look back on our lives with satisfaction, not regret. I also believe it is NEVER too late regardless of your age. So please don’t “check out” on this message, thinking there isn’t anything you can do differently.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">To set the stage, I’d like to first identify what I think are some of the inherent problems associated with goal setting and why it often doesn’t work. The first being the kind of environment we live in today. With the constant barrage of media influence and the ability to have worldly influences 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; it makes it very difficult to follow the Lord’s scriptural call to “Be still, and know that I am God.”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Also, the media barrage also makes it nearly impossible to develop any level of self confidence when the messages are that we don’t have the right car or other possessions, or the perfect body, or that we better check with our doctor to make sure we’re not missing out on the latest new prescription to heal the disease we don’t even know we have. These worldly influence can leave us very confused or misguided on what goals we should set in the first place.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Law of Harvest is a concept lost on those of us who have never been acquainted with the farm life. The law of the harvest is also found in the scriptures and essentially states that we reap what we sow. So if we spend our evenings watching mindless shows and negative examples of life around the world, what do you think will be the result? The Law of the Harvest would suggest if we sow sarcasm and negativity, we will only reap the same. The Law of the Harvest also suggests that even when we sow good seeds, we must wait for the natural cycle before we can reap the harvest.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">So it would make sense to have some patience in the process of goal setting and not give up in early February because we aren’t seeing the harvest. We reap in the “harvest time” of the cycle, no sooner, whether we want it now or not.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">In the United States we pride ourselves on the freedom and opportunity we have. But I also think we’ve strayed a bit and live in a culture that pushes us to discard our dreams and pursuit of our natural talents in order to fall in line with the mantra of pursuing educational choices that will get us the best jobs, not what builds on our natural God given talents and gifts. The question, "How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams?" can be heart wrenching question if we consider truthfully what we've set aside in pursuit of the well-paying job or a chance to climb the corporate ladder.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">This supressed desire about living a life that’s one’s purpose doesn’t just happen by chance or by doing things the same way we’ve always done them in the past. According to Albert Einstein, the definition of insanity is “to do the same things over and over again expecting a different result.” So if we aren't living a life full of joy and purpose, something must change in us or we're living a life of insanity as Einstein would define it.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">My personal experience with this started a while ago. My opinions and attitudes began to shift about 15 years ago with the realization that our education should never end and personal development should be a daily pursuit. That lead to a realization that “working endless hours in a job” at the expense of my family relationships and spiritual well-being was not the answer. So began the pursuit of a balanced lifestyle.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">That lead to a pursuit of trying the find the ideal career for me. About 2 months ago a made a very interesting discovery. I found a notebook I had been using in the fall of 1998 based on some of the dates I had written in the notebook. On some of the pages I had written what I felt would be the ideal career for me. Since that time I have had 6 different jobs, 3 different career changes, and lost my job 3 out of the 6 times that I changed. During the 6 year span from when I wrote down my ideal career until I started doing what I do now, consulting and personal coaching, I don’t think I ever reviewed what I had written down again. In fact, even though I had an idea in my mind about what I had written down, I forgot I had written it down until recently.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The big surprise was that except for a couple of minor points, what I had written down is what I do today. What I had written down was an industry in its infancy, personal coaching, and I didn’t even know existed until I found it 5 years ago.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">One thing I do know is that if I had never decided to continue my personal education, set some goals, and write down my ideal career I never would have found myself in a position to pursue the career I’m in now and doing what I would consider in many ways is my life’s purpose.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I just don’t think it ever would have happened if I didn’t at least informally set some goals. I’m also of the opinion that we have a lot more control over how our lives turn out than we may think. In a book called, “Something More” by Sarah Ban Breathnach she writes, “…Joy is the absence of fear. Joy is your soul’s knowledge that if you don’t get the promotion, keep the relationship, or buy the house, it’s because you weren’t meant to. You’re meant to have something better, something richer, something deeper. Something more. Joy is where your life began, with your first cry. Joy is your birthright.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">“However, reclaiming joy as your birthright requires a profound inner shift in your reality. Most of us unconsciously create dramas in our minds, automatically expecting the worst from every situation, only to have our negative expectations become self-fulfilling prophecies. Inadvertently, we become the authors of our own misfortune. And so we struggle from day to day, careening from crisis to crisis, bruised and battered by circumstances, without realizing that we have a choice.”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">(By the way, I found that book for $2.00 at a thrift store. Your continued pursuit of education doesn’t have to be exceptionally expensive.)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">My observation working with people all over the world in many cultures and mindsets is that until someone figures out what their “life purpose” is they don’t do very well with goal setting and definitely not very well with goal achievement. In Proverbs 29:18 we read, “Where there is no vision, the people perish…”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The bible has many stories of people who's lives changed dramatically when they discovered what it was they were meant to do.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><strong>Moses</strong> had fled Egypt as a wanted man, only to find out on a mountain in the wilderness what his divine purpose was. Once his purpose was understood, finding the courage, energy, and will to persist to the end wasn’t as difficult.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><strong>Queen Esther</strong> found herself in a position to save her people, the Jews, from certain destruction. But she was very hesitant to plead with the king to save them because of the real possibility she would be put to death for coming to see the king without an appointment. But Mordecai in an effort to help her understand her purpose simply said, “…and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom <strong><em>for such a time as this</em></strong>?” So Esther asked the Jews to pray for her and away she went to fulfill her purpose and save a people from destruction. (See Esther 4:14)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">These are great stories of individuals who followed through in great ways, documented in the scriptures to be remembered and studied for generations and generations. But what can we do? We’re just ordinary everyday people right?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I think if everyone were to dig deep down inside their hearts and minds, we would just know that we are here not by chance, but by design and purpose. “For such a time as this...for such a time as this.”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">So it would make total sense to me that we can and should seek to be inspired to figure out our divine purpose. As well as figure out our unique gifts and talents and then use them purposefully through intention and planning.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I think at times it can actually feel quite overwhelming and even frightening to learn what we are really capable of. I’ve often had the thought that, “it would be a lot easier to just stay in my routine and not press outside my comfort zone. But then I have learned that our comfort zones are really a prison of our own making and we really won’t grow by staying there.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I have a quote on my office wall I heard was that was attributed to the author Og Mandino that says, “ The most selfish thing I can do is to be consumed with thoughts of self-doubt. Because when I am, I rob myself and everyone else around me of my greatest talents.”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The discovering of our divine and inspired purpose is a worthy challenge all on its own. Once that’s figured out, identifying resolutions and goal setting becomes so much easier, and infinitely more productive.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">How many times do we set goals that seem to be only appropriate and nice for others? Perhaps we even set them for “their” approval, whoever “they” are. That goal, or those goals (unless they are very easy) are pretty much doomed for failure because we don’t really have the internal passion to achieve them. They really belong to someone else.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">When our own divine purpose is understood, all goals we set must fit within the context of our eternal purpose. So an important part of proper goal setting is to make sure it’s YOUR goal, and not just someone else you’re trying to please. But keep in mind, the context of insisting on the goals being your goals, is that you have first discovered by divine inspiration what you should be doing already.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I think it’s also important to understand as it’s so famously noted in Ecclesiastes 3:1. “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">So now we come to the real challenge of goal setting and New Year’s Resolutions. Knowing the balance between what we <strong>think</strong> we want, and what we really <strong>should</strong> want, and the <strong>timing</strong> of when we should pursue each worthy and inspired goal.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Every December we hear or read the Christmas Story as recounted in the Gospel of Luke. Think about <strong>Mary</strong>, the mother of Jesus preparing for a wonderful future with Joseph, only to find out life would soon change dramatically. So an angel tells her about a new plan and then says, “For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.’” And with the customs and culture of that day, she was essentially agreeing to a situation that would bring her great shame and ridicule. And also most likely lose the life she planning with Joseph. According to custom he had the choice to put her away either publicly or privately. And she probably didn’t know which of the two difficult options he would choose. In her virtuous mindset, I’m sure she didn’t have a lot of time to think through what was ahead and what option Joseph might choose. And then <strong>Joseph</strong> as well had a choice to make that was different than his hopes and plans. Again, through inspiration, he chose a new plan and both he and Mary were greatly blessed for their decisions based on new, inspired information. (Luke 1:37-38) “To everything a time and season.”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">So not only should we pursue our life’s purpose with passion and enthusiasm, we should be ready and able to change course with faith when new and inspired information comes.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">But I don’t think it’s the regular practice of God to smack us over the head with what we’re supposed to be doing. We need to seek out what our unique and divine purpose is through inspiration and then trust God that He will make a way for us to pursue that purpose with passion, remembering that “…all things are possible, to him that believeth.”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We may not be someone who ends up documented in the history books for having been a positive influence on thousands and thousands like our prophets through the ages, but we can certainly make a difference in the life of one person. Asking or wondering how our positive influence on one person can really make a difference is like asking how many oak trees lay dormant in one acorn? We may never know in this life, but we do know that “our joy will be great with the one, or one’s we labor diligently with” in our circle of influence.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">But none of this is likely to happen just by chance. So why not pursue the discovery of why you are here? And then, be better able to serve the one, or the many with your unique gifts. Why not decide that God is really in charge and knows who you are. Why not set some excellent New Year’s Resolutions and then some specific goals to accomplish them?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Live on purpose knowing an all-knowing, kind, and loving Heavenly Father sent you here for a purpose and make each day exciting and meaningful, come what may.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">© DTE Consulting 2010. “Helping you <strong>D</strong>o <strong>T</strong>he <strong>E</strong>xtraordinary!”</div>Chris LeCheminanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08261802278745673513noreply@blogger.com0