From the Archives : trying a lower cost alternative with HipCamp 
Last week at the movies vol. 4 
Clayton’s Peak 
From the Archives : hiking in Sedona’s vortex in 2018 
From the Archives : Creating interactive Art at Minnesota’s Walker Center in 2017 
Adobe Jack
I had just finished a long travel week for work between Tucson and Sedona. It is July, and my general...
Crescent Moon Ranch cabin
Disclaimer **Please remember that this is a rustic historic ranch house and not a modern hotel. It is a cabin...
The Desert Pods of Ridgecrest
Preface** I write this with sadness, as the Ridgecrest earthquakes struck this area hard only a couple of weeks after...
Kayaking the southern Puget Sound
At the southern end of the Puget Sound, just outside Olympia, Washington, is the Boston Harbor Marina. It is a...
The Wonderland Trail
The pictures on the website of the hotel closest to the top of Mount Rainier National Park looked so inviting,...
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....