IntrepidXJ's Adventure Blog

I’m heading to Southern Utah bright and early tomorrow morning for a few days. Going to finally be checking out the Hole-in-the-Rock Trail. Since I won’t be back for a few days, there won’t be any 30-365 Project photos posted until I get back, but don’t worry, I’ll still be taking photos everyday so I can post them when I get home 🙂 My SPOT will be on, if you care to follow along.

If I have signal (should be in sight of Navajo Mountain much of the time), I may try posting some photos from my iPhone along the way as well. Full trip report with plenty of pictures when I return!

I’ve never really bought a nice pair of sunglasses ever before, and I have thought about doing so for a while. Today I ended up spending all of my REI dividend on a nice pair of Smith Optics Parallel Max sunglasses. After my 20% off coupon and my dividend, they only cost me a few dollars 🙂

I like the fact that Smith backs all of their products with a lifetime warranty. These polarized sunglasses should server me well when out in the sun of Western Colorado and Southern Utah.

Today is Mingo’s first birthday! It amazing to think we have had him in our household for almost a year now. Obviously our original nickname ‘Domino’ didn’t stick and he has been known as Mingo for quite some time. Here’s a few photos from the day we brought him home when he was about 7 weeks old.

…and here we have a few of him that were taken today at 1 year of age. He’s grown up quite a bit!

We were originally planning on heading to Arches National Park today so we could hike to Delicate Arch. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate with us, so we ended up staying home. After having some breakfast, Amanda remembered that it was the first Sunday of the month, and that the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens offers free admission today. It was a great opportunity to play with my new lens. Here’s some of the photos I took on our trip there.

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I finally filled a gap in my lens lineup today with the arrival of my new Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens. Up until today, the furthest reach I had was with the 18-55mm lens that came with my camera. Now I finally have a telephoto lens! I ended up going with this one because it compliments my 18-55mm well and it’s priced pretty well, too 🙂