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 
White Pine Lake
Summer is quickly fading, and before long, the man will find himself removed from the land that he loves. For...
Karen Blixen
In 1913, Karen Blixen left her hometown in Denmark to live in what was then called "British East Africa". Except...
Garden of the Gods
Charles Elliott Perkins, head of the Burlington Railroad, purchased two hundred and forty acres of pristine Colorado Springs land in...
The White Mountain trails of the Apache
Ten years he has been coming up to the White Mountains. Ten long years of toiling the burden of capitalism...
Yonder
You've heard the story...someone pulls out a map, points their finger blindly at a place, then decides to go there...I...
Greensky Bluegrass
Within the first minute of playing, I tap the blind girl in front of me on the shoulder..."Who are these...
stories from the trail : Chapter Five "Red Pine Lake"
The boy was always putting his dirty hands on a fence, peering through to see what lay beyond, whether that...
Jesus, etc
I request a song on Wilco's website, knowing it will most likely be played, but without any personal acknowledgement. I...
Fireworks
Dark encompasses the evening, the coyotes start to howl. "Is it time for fireworks yet?"I can't recall any childhood memory from...
Chichen Itza
"No worries Senor, we have three hours of driving through the jungle. You sleep, I wake you when we get...
Time for Three
Everyone likes it when you get so much more than what you were expecting. For me, what I thought would...
slow down & take the time to swing….
Syd's smile always make one appreciate the simple pleasures of life. Whipped around in a whirlwind frenzy, Cbug laughs so...