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A Night at the Stansbury

November 15, 2016 by Amiee

Since I had been out of town every weekend the month of October, I vowed to stay in town until at least Thanksgiving. I almost made it through the second weekend before my stir craziness got the best of me and I headed out to the island, Stansbury Island. Stansbury Island is the 2nd largest…

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Filed Under: The Desert Tagged With: Great Salt Lake, Kangaroo the Dog, Salt Lake City, Stansbury Island, Utah

A Stansbury Island Mini Ridge Run

April 11, 2016 by Amiee

I’ve been lusting after the Stansbury Island Traverse for years. Stansbury Island is the 2nd largest island in the Great Salt Lake and the entire island is only 11.5 miles long so it can be traversed in one day. The ridge is mostly straightforward I am told, but there are a few sections of class 4…

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Filed Under: The Adventures, The Desert, The Dog, Trail Running Adventures, Trail Running Desert Tagged With: Great Salt Lake, Ridge Running, Stansbury Island, Trail Running, Trail Running Utah

Moab Red Hot 55K Race Report

February 15, 2016 by Amiee

“Life is a bitch, his dark companion said–and then you die. Not so cried Henry! Life is a glorious shining and splendid adventure, and then you die.” ~Edward Abbey This run gets classified as a total WOW, OMG, AMAZEBALLS, cannot wait to do this again, OVERSTOKE, I LOVE RUNNING, I think my head just exploded,…

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Filed Under: Featured, Racing, The Adventures, The Desert, Trail Running Adventures, Trail Running Desert Tagged With: 55K, Desert, Dirtbagging, Featured, Moab, Racing, Trail Racing, Trail Running, Ultramarathon, Utah

Little Dog, Great Lake

February 8, 2016 by Amiee

I recently picked up Dale Morgan’s The Great Salt Lake at a used bookstore and delved right in. I enjoyed his initial description of Great Salt Lake as moody and raw and intolerant. Great Salt Lake is an ironical joke of nature-water that is itself more desert than desert. Moody and withdrawn, the lake unites…

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Filed Under: The Desert, The Dog Tagged With: Antelope Island, Desert Sunrises, Great Salt Lake, Utah

Dugway Isolation 30K+ Trail Run Report

November 27, 2015 by Amiee

The only disappointing thing about the Dugway Isolation Trail Run was that more people didn’t participate! The views were amazing, the single-track super fun, the race volunteers friendly, and the schwag over the top. This was the 3rd year of the Dugway Isolation Run and I’ve wanted to do it each year but I am…

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Filed Under: Featured, Racing, The Adventures, The Desert, Trail Running, Trail Running Desert Tagged With: 30K, Desert, Trail Races, Trail Racing, Trail Running, Utah

A Second Visit to the Sun Tunnels

November 22, 2015 by Amiee

Somewhere in the middle of absolute nowhere Western Utah, in the most remote and desolate landscape the artist could find, is a unique earthwork installation called the Sun Tunnels. Completed in 1976 by American artist Nancy Holt, the Sun Tunnels consist of four gigantic concrete tunnels arranged in an “X” that are positioned in a precise…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Desert Tagged With: Art, Desert, Earthart, Featured, Sun Tunnels, Unique Places, Utah

A Night at the Spiral Jetty

March 18, 2015 by Amiee

Roo, with sludge feet and a salt-crusted body, hopped right into the back of the car and into my sleeping bag like he’d slept there a zillion times. We could see the coiled Earth sculpture from our makeshift parking lot campsite lit up by the starry sky. I don’t think about much while I am…

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Filed Under: The Adventures, The Desert Tagged With: Desert Adventures, Earthart, Great Salt Lake, Roadtrips, Utah, Weird Places

Antelope Canyon 55K Race Report

March 1, 2015 by Amiee

The Antelope Canyon 55K is part of the Grand Circle Trail Series offering environmentally sustainable races in some of the most geologically stunning places on the planet. The Antelope Canyon race kicked off the season for Ultra Adventures with races following in Monument Valley, Zion, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, and the Tushar Mountains….

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Filed Under: The Adventures, The Desert, Trail Running, Trail Running Adventures, Trail Running Desert Tagged With: 55K, Arizona, Desert Adventures, Races, Trail Races, Trail Racing, Trail Running, Ultramarathons

Salt & Sky: Exploring Stansbury Island

February 6, 2015 by Amiee

For some reason I can’t get up before 7am on a workday, but today I was up at at’em at 5am (sans alarm) so I could make it up to the ridge on Stansbury Island at sunrise. I had a long run planned for the morning and didn’t want to run on the road or…

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Filed Under: The Desert Tagged With: Desert, Great Salt Lake, Stansbury Island, Utah

2014 The Best Yet: A Year in Photos

January 4, 2015 by Amiee

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. ~T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding” January 2013 was sandwiched on both sides with hip surgeries and crutching and crap so I entered 2014 walking albeit just a few minutes at…

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Filed Under: The Desert, The Life, The Mountains Tagged With: Colorado, Utah, Year in Review

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I still don’t quite understand how one can “ow I still don’t quite understand how one can “own” a bazillion years of geological time 🤔
New obsession, desert ice! New obsession, desert ice!
Not sure if either one of us is ever going to get Not sure if either one of us is ever going to get used to these average Monday morning run views (not a fan of how close he gets to the edge though).
Was worried I’d miss the snow living in the dese Was worried I’d miss the snow living in the desert this winter. Guess I don’t have to 🤷🏼‍♀️
Took my mom on her first slot canyon adventure the Took my mom on her first slot canyon adventure the other week. She said she learned those moves watching Ninja Warriors 😂 We then ticked off another of her bucket list items and had dinner at @hellsbackbonegrill (holy moly carrot cupcake desert, no photos cuz we enjoyed every second!). Now she just needs to buy a horse or at least find one to borrow and her winter in the desert will be complete (although she still has four more months here)!
Day 41 in a tent. Temps never got above freezing t Day 41 in a tent. Temps never got above freezing today. Hotel tomorrow 😜
A few bits of fall in the desert now that I live h A few bits of fall in the desert now that I live here 🌵🍂 💛
When your dog and hubby are sporting matching @sto When your dog and hubby are sporting matching @stormykromerofficial masks and only one of them is wearing it appropriately...
Last night we played bananagrams and I only used f Last night we played bananagrams and I only used flower words. I did not win 🤷🏼‍♀️, yet I did 🎨 💐!
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