The Wonderland Trail
The pictures on the website of the hotel closest to the top of Mount Rainier National Park looked so inviting,...
Month: August 2019
Red Rock Crossing
Just below the Cathedral Rock formation in Sedona is a little oasis called Red Rock Crossing. A special place in...
The Nisqually Bird Refuge
It has been seven years since the last time I accidentally stumbled upon a bird refuge. In 2012 while traveling...
more time on the trails of the White Mountains
Back up into the White Mountains of Eastern Arizona I go, ready to ride. I still have her on my...
Tanque Valley in the evening
After a morning of mountain biking followed by an afternoon at the Pima Air and Space museum, I make my...
Sweetwater Preserve
April the thirteenth, two thousand and nineteen. It is a rarity that I recall the exact date of something, but...
The Flume at Fossil Creek
Quiet as a mouse, I close the door to the Flagstaff apartment. It is twenty degrees outside as I sit...
The Petrified Forest
I leave Holbrook as the sun is rising, which means its around 5 a.m. The Petrified Forest is all mine....
The Birds Nest
I arrive into the town of Holbrook like a champagne bubble floating along a pink cotton candy sky. Along old...
The Painted Desert
I emerge from the pine forests of the Mogollon Rim onto the Colorado Plateau, a straight pathway to the town...
Seeing more of Sedona’s backcountry
All of the snow that fell earlier in the week has melted, turning the trails in the Vortex into a...