It has been long overdue but this wandering heart is getting ready to venture back into Gods creation. Every year I meet up with a very dear friend “Salamander” and we explore nature together. There is much we catch up on, life, friends and world issues, we’ll not so much of that.

This year we head to Uinta Wilderness in Utah seeking solitude and majesty that can only be found, as far as I know, in the mountains. Our journey this year will be 100 miles from east to west. This area is somewhat obscure and isolated as very few seek this piece of wonder. Exceptions to that rule: elk, moose, deer and maybe a bear or two. But two legged hikers like yours truly, only 100-200 consider the remoteness of Highline Trail.

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