Prairie dogs of the Badlands
"prairie dog town" That was all the sign said. An old barn with farm equipment from days long gone...
Year: 2017
Organ Pipe Cactus
It was just an ordinary brown highway sign along Interstate 8. "Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument - 75 miles"...
The Superstitions
"Rainstorms and high winds are predicted all weekend...." The Superstitions mountains at the East end of the Phoenix valley...
My first step into the Badlands
After an eternity on the long and empty roads of South Dakota, I finally made it to the entrance of The...
Tumalo Falls
The day was quickly fading, yet the call for one last exploration was stronger than the pain in my twitching...
along the Deschutes (part 2)
The road heading West was long, unassuming and empty. After a few miles of travel, I pull the car off...
Oregon’s Lava River Cave
Created almost 80,000 years ago, the lava tube started to form as the top layer was exposed to the cool...
Chinese Acrobats
The Chinese have, for as long as I can remember, been at the top of the competition in sports such...
Lights of the World
Going back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC to AD 25), the Chinese have celebrated a Lantern Festival each...
along the Deschutes (part one)
The area around Bend, Oregon had been on my travel radar for quite awhile. Last summer the windows of...
Desert View Watchtower
I cross the Eastern entrance to the Grand Canyon, and come across a sign for the Desert View Watchtower. It's...
365 days
As 2016 loomed ever closer, I remember seeing a story about a gent that was hiking the Pacific Crest trail...