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So if you've been to greg-willis.com before, you've prolly noticed that the website looks a bit different now. If you're looking for the stuff in the old format, you can find it in the Blog section.

The new format I think better reflects what this website has become. There's been a greg willis dot com for coming up on six years now. And in that time it has been a platform for personal thoughts, recording the work I've done on my house, and showing the photos I've taken. And when there was no real publishing platforms out there, I just did it myself.

But in the past year, I've come to the conclusion that sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason. The photos I now let Flickr take care of. For any personal observations or snarky comments, I use Facebook. And so it came to pass that I really didn't care to have a blog anymore. But that's not to say that don't want to publish text and photos - quite the contrary. I have a keen interest in sharing my travel experiences with others.

So this marks the transition from blog to website. A website focusing on my travels. The old stuff I'll still keep around, but most of the new stuff appearing here will be less bloggy and more, uh, websitey? Anyway, let me know if you have any suggestions or comments.

Recently Updated Reviews

  • Camping

    So you finish dinner and before you get ready to start the night's campfire you walk a few yards from your campsite and you see this: Upper Cathedral Valley
    Nice, right? The campground in the Cathedral Valley section of Capitol Reef is small, isolated, and worth the trip. But the best part is that it is conveniently located in the middle of the Cathedral Valley Drive -- breaking it into two leisurely days instead of a harried one.

  • Pacaya Volcano
    Day Hike

    When you need a change of pace from the ruined churches and general goings-on of Antigua, you can take an easy day-trip to an actual volcano. It's an easy hike and you have a very good chance of seeing actual real-life lava.

  • Boulder Mountain
    Day Hike

    Calf Creek provides the biggest return on investment of all the hiking near Boulder, UT. It has two impressive waterfalls, it cuts a beautiful canyon, and it runs through some of the hardest landscape in the country. On our recent trip out, we made a return hike to the Upper Calf Creek falls.

  • Hells Backbone Road
    Drive

    Either way you go, getting from Boulder to Escalante will take your breath away. Most folks take the paved Utah Rt 12, which clings to the Hogsback while both sides of the road fall away. But there's another road, which leads to even wilder views -- Hells Backbone Road.

  • Jailhouse Rock
    Drive

    So you're visiting Capitol Reef during its high season -- Sep-Oct. The visitors center is crammed with bus tour people. The Hickman Bridge parking lot is overflowing. No empty picnic tables near the Fremont River. Oh, where to go for solitude? Cathedral Valley, my friend.