From the Archives : The year was 2019 & I was preparing for my long distance hike along Hadrian’s Wall in England by getting outside in August in Sedona, Arizona 
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 
Cathedral Rock
My challenge in trying the Cathedral Rock hike in the Sedona Vortex was finding where to begin. I ended up...
Bohemia in Bisbee
I pull up the steep, one way street and park next to a purple vintage VW bug. The deep blue...
Canyon Lake, the 4th of July, and my SUP
Independence Day here in America. These words take on new meaning to many of us what with our current political...
Bell Rock
I skip out of work a few hours early to beat the end of the Friday traffic. Life is too...
stepping into Chinatown
Sunday morning in San Francisco. One minute I'm wandering through the downtown financial district, and then by just crossing the...
Wrapping up my time in CDMX (biking Teotihuacan)
The final hours of my last day in Mexico City was spent on a bike, cruising around the Teotihuacan archeological...
The Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon
I enter the Avenue of the Dead. The mighty Sun Pyramid before me.One can still climb to the top of...
Floating over Teotihuacan
I could barely feel the basket leaving the ground. Looking over the edge I see that we are rising into...
watching balloons rise for Teotihuacan
Today is my last full day in Mexico City. It's been a whirlwind of adventures, pinnacling to this moment. I...
The Stained Glass of Toluca
Having finished my hike around Nevado De Toluca earlier than my driver expected, he asks me if I'd like to...
Nevado de Toluca
Four years ago, a lone Indian woman quit her job, sold all of her possessions, and set out to travel...
Ballet Folklorico
I heard on more than one occasion that if you were going to do one thing while in Mexico City,...