Mount Rushmore
It was October, still a little over a month before the USA Presidential election, and I was foolishly thinking that...
Year: 2017
Goleta Grove
I had a dream of walking amongst thousands of butterflies, their wings beating so furiously that the motion lifted my...
Scheurman mountain trail in the Sedona Vortex
Sedona is affectionately called "The Vortex", due to many people believing it is the center of the Universe, or at...
Get the Led out with the sexy Phoenix Symphony
I can still hear the infamous opening riff of "Black Dog" from the album Led Zeppelin IV. The tape...
no sleep in the haunted Grand
The old United Verde Hospital perches like an old witch at the top of Jerome, it's watchful eye looking over...
shuffling through the volcanic ash of Sunset Crater
Just outside of Flagstaff, Arizona, there is a protected area known as Sunset Crater. The ground is covered in soft...
Spring training
This isn't a story that will hold you captivated on the edge of your seat. It's more of a journal...
All Hail! The Arizona Renaissance Festival
For the past twelve years (give or take a year or two), I've been driving past the "Renaissance Festival" sign...
the Story of Solvang
Founded in 1911 by three Danish immigrants, the dream for a safe place to live and raise Danish families began....
alone on Ajo Mountain
Across the desolate highway is a dirt road with a faded sign that leads to Ajo Mountain. The wanderer...
Devils Tower
I feel deeply the change in the air the further I go into the Bear Lodge Mountains. The window is...
the last of the Badlands
Ancient spirits float on the howling wind, stealing your breath away in the badlands. You are powerless to fight it....