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Good-bye, Mack.

utah0rbust October 29, 2018 Uncategorized

Mack — aka The Scrunt, Mr. Mack, Mackie Mack, Mack Attack — passed away on Friday night. It seems unreal. Just a week ago we were hiking around the cliffs of Kanab looking for arrowheads together. And tonight he is gone. We miss you, Mackie. We’ll love you always. Born …

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Flora the kitten whisperer

utah0rbust August 8, 2017 Uncategorized

Flora is all smiles with her little buddy, Iggy. After 2 days of settling in, we slowly introduced Flora to the foster kittens. ALL four of them immediately walked over to her, completely unfazed by her larger than life appearance. They were so curious and brave. They were pretty much …

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Fostering kittens: a fun, life-saving job

utah0rbust August 1, 2017 Uncategorized

Tiny kittens need extra special care that foster families can easily provide. Living in a house with two animal-loving human children (ages 8 and 10), many weekends consist of going to the Best Friends Animal Society visitor center in Kanab (where we live) to see the latest arrivals to the …

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Goodbye, Dexter

utah0rbust November 2, 2016 Uncategorized

Dexter with his best buddy, J.J. Last week we lost our best cat friend, Dexter. I started to write this tribute a couple of times, but I’m going to be honest, it’s hard. I scoured hundreds (I’m not kidding!) of photos that we have taken of this special dude over …

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Water Canyon – Our oasis in the desert

utah0rbust September 9, 2015 Uncategorized

A nice photo op with my scrunt, Mack Water Canyon is a wonderful little watering hole near Colorado City, AZ. However, this past Labor Day it was a great big awesome watering hole after we got dumped on with a sudden but strong downpour the night before. Steve and I …

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Running with Dogs

utah0rbust August 5, 2015 Uncategorized

My training for the G2G Ultra is underway (in a big way!) and with only 45 days to go until the event, I’ve been focusing on the terrain which is going to be the hardest to conquer. Swags has been my pacer over the past couple of weeks. He’s an …

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A nice little afternoon hike with dogs in Kanab

utah0rbust July 20, 2015 Uncategorized

The happiest wolf dogs in Kanab Kanab is really green right now. We’ve had so much rain lately and the grass is going crazy. The flowers are exploding. The temps are perfect. It was a great day to take our new kid, Swagger, out on an off-leash hike. I’m training …

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A new furry addition

utah0rbust July 8, 2015 Uncategorized

Wow the month of June just kinda got right out from under me. I was just thinking “you know, I should update my blog,” and come to see it’s been over a month! A lot has happened in a month. The biggest news is that we have a new furry …

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Saying goodbye to a best friend. RIP Gandalf.

utah0rbust May 3, 2015 Uncategorized

Where do you begin when there’s so much to say about someone? Gandalf — he’d give Marley a run for his money any day. Gandalf was the catalyst that jumpstarted my entire world as it exists today. He’s the reason that I’m married to Steve, live in the desert and …

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If this isn’t the cutest thing you’ve ever seen…..

utah0rbust March 1, 2015 Uncategorized

Well then I’ll give you a dollar 🙂 If you are new to these two, Flora is our 120 lb mally girl, rescued about two years ago. She’s the biggest, goofiest, smushiest love sponge of a dog. Dexter is our newest addition. We adopted him at age 20. TWENTY! He’s …

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Jill Williams

I'm Jill and I'm an outdoor junkie, personal trainer, and certified bunny hugger. I am in love with the red rocks and desolate landscape that southern Utah offers. The outdoors is what feeds my soul. I love of trail running, hiking, exploring and photography. I spend nearly all of my free time exploring the high desert with my husband, 2 kids, and an unruly pack of mutts. xoxo

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