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MCKAY'S TRAVEL, OUTDOORS AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Mckay Jensen
Feb 8, 20241 min read
Winter Campout Jan 2024
This was the first of hopefully many winter campouts in the Bookcliffs with the boys. We did a quick 1 night trip out to the dessert late...
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Mckay Jensen
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Bloods Lake
Took one of the last chances of the year to do a hike without snow gear. After an hour of driving through the fall colors we stopped and...
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Mckay Jensen
Oct 13, 20231 min read
Red Pine Lake + Gloria Falls
Was able to do one last hike in the Utah mountains before the snow came. Made it just by a day. The hike was about 8 miles and just under...
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Mckay Jensen
Sep 25, 20231 min read
Mount Timpanogos Hike
The group finally decided to just do it and hike Mount Timp. I knew it was not going to be the easiest hike I have ever done but I was...
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Mckay Jensen
Sep 21, 20233 min read
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone was the 5th national park I have been to in the States and it was amazing. We only got to do the western half of the park as...
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Mckay Jensen
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Taylor Swift. Aug 3 2023.
After being a swifty for over 10 years I finally had the chance to go see her on tour. Allie and I bought tickets right when they came...
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Mckay Jensen
Aug 16, 20231 min read
Los Angeles: Food, great. The rest, not so much.
Though our trip to LA was brief, we got to experience the food scene pretty well. We went to a couple street food markets, ate at some...
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Mckay Jensen
Aug 7, 20231 min read
Uinta Canyon MkII
Got the Jensen side of the family together again this year for Pioneer Day weekend. Though most people were in and out for the weekend...
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Mckay Jensen
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Clyde, Wall, Lilly, Cliff, North Twin, Booker, Watson, Petit, Linear... Lakes.
Did a quick and easy 6 mile hike throughout the mountains and lakes in the Uinta Mountains, there were so many lake that were named and...
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Mckay Jensen
Jul 5, 20231 min read
Fifth Water Hot Springs
For the 4th of July this year, we decided to do an early morning hike to the hot springs in Spanish Fork Canyon. It was an easy 5 Mile...
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Mckay Jensen
Jun 30, 20231 min read
14ers n Stuff, CO Springs
Take away from this trip, high elevation and thin air does NOT play around. Started the weekend with a quick and easy 6 mile hike but...
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Mckay Jensen
Jun 21, 20231 min read
Flaming Gorge 2023
What started out as a fishing trip turned quickly turned into a casting trip. The Green River was gorgeous but the fish were not biting...
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Mckay Jensen
May 27, 20231 min read
Arches National Park
Spent the weekend doing plenty of walking around red rocks and looking at bunches of rock arches. We spent Friday and Saturday nights in...
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Mckay Jensen
Apr 19, 20231 min read
Somewhere on a Beach
There must be over a hundred beaches on Maui and we had the chance to hit up a lot of them. Some of them are better than others, of...
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Mckay Jensen
Apr 19, 20231 min read
Kaihalulu Red Sand Beach
This may have been my favorite place from the entire trip to Maui, the red sand against the turquoise water was incredible, we got lucky...
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Mckay Jensen
Apr 19, 20231 min read
Road to Hana Waterfalls
The road to Hana is a long stretch of road along the coast, with hundreds of tight corners and nearly as many waterfalls. One of the...
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Mckay Jensen
Apr 19, 20231 min read
Pīpīwai Trail in Haleakala
Even though we got skunked on the upper half of the national park and got completely rained out and were not able to see anything on the...
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Mckay Jensen
Apr 19, 20231 min read
Bamboo Forest Trail
One of the coolest trails I have ever hiked, out of this world. Started off with a really dense and cool bamboo forest and moved into a...
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Mckay Jensen
Apr 19, 20231 min read
Waianapanapa State Park
The black sand beach was incredible, worth the hassle of getting permits and planning it all out. The black sand was extremely unique and...
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Mckay Jensen
Apr 1, 20233 min read
Island Eats: Mauis Best Places to Eat
Of course there is a whole post written only about the food we ate on Maui. As I would consider myself a foodie, eating experiences while...
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