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 
Wukoki & Wupatki
The Sinaqua Indians were here from around 1100 AD to 1250 AD, building a community out of aboriginal masonry in...
The cliffs of Elwood
Emerging from Goleta Grove I can hear the old familiar sound of ocean waves breaking on the shore. Roads crisscross...
Deadwood
As the plane landed in Rapid City, I got my first glimpse of the Black Hills off in the distance....
Saguaro bones along the Palo Verde trail
Scattered Saguaro cacti bones are strewn along the Palo Verde trail. The wanderer slowly steps over the sacred remains of...
Mount Rushmore
It was October, still a little over a month before the USA Presidential election, and I was foolishly thinking that...
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...