The wind caves trail
I haven't had a consistent workout routine since 1999, which means I was still in my twenties. Back then, it...
Year: 2017
The Elk on Golds Bluff Beach
Where the Pacific ocean meets the start of the Redwood forest is a sliver of land where the mighty elk...
Xmas 2017 & remembering the toughest bear….
Our annual Christmas family reunion this year was bittersweet, as my Uncle and my Dad's only brother passed away a...
The highest point in Arizona
Reach 12,633 feet on the first weekend in November. That was the goal I set for myself on this chilly...
The Friendship Trail
Upon leaving Fern Canyon, the inexplicable pull to stay in the Redwoods takes the lone hiker to the Friendship trail....
Reign Dynasty
"If you come up this weekend, you can see my first competition of the new season." "I wouldn't dream of...
Scouring for meaning at Devil’s Bridge
December is finally here, which means hiking is back on the menu in my corner of the world. The infamous...
My first night with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Honestly, I had no idea who Trans-Siberian Orchestra was when I bought my ticket. Something about techno Christmas music, blah...
The Klamath river by jet boat…
The smoke was so thick that the temperature was easily ten degrees higher than normal. The wildfires that were burning...
Manitou Falls
Wisconsin's largest waterfall is located on the top edge of this great State, in a part of the USA that...
Thanksgiving 2017
I hop in my little Honda for the last time and make the long drive from Phoenix to Salt Lake...
Shi Shi…the Return
The sinewy seaweed drapes my form like the remnants of an afterbirth. I teeter and sway with the tide, a...