The Queen Valley
The first outbreak of the Corona virus has hit a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. This is my industry, yet...
hiking
Massacre Grounds
I follow the dirt road just past Lost Dutchman State park to the trailhead. No sense in paying an entrance...
Garza Blanca
Christmas Eve is here as I board the plane, destination Puerto Vallarta. I return to one of my overall favorite...
Loy Butte
There is an ancient cave dwelling out here, or so I've been told. Southwest of the Vortex, bumbling along a...
Climbing Picacho Peak
For the last sixteen years I've passed by the mighty Picacho Peak, standing like a lone gunman in the Sonoran...
Rancho Rockotillo
It's been one week since I left California and my family vacation. I was feeling sad and lonely, just like...
The backcountry Yurt
"Put in the extra work to reap an unknown reward." The words danced around his head as the man was...
Bear Jaw
"I've been here before...." That unnerving sense of Deja-vu hits me as I rumble along the dusty road around the...
The Aspen loop
As the month of October rolls around, the aspen trees of Coconino county put on a spectacular show of color....
Silver Falls
The rain is falling lightly as I swing my backpack over one shoulder and slip my arm through the other...
Wallsend
I leave the end of the Hadrian's Wall path and go to the tiny town of Bowness on Solway. I...
Day ten on the Wall – The final stretch….
Perceptions of Success : I see a spiders web as a success, but to the spider success comes from a...