Rancho Rockotillo
It's been one week since I left California and my family vacation. I was feeling sad and lonely, just like...
hiking
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...
time on the Highfield farm
As I approach the Highfield farmhouse a young girl playing with a ball and a dog excitedly runs up to...
Day nine on the Wall – arriving to Boustead Hill
Dark rainclouds skim across the morning sky as I get ready to head back onto the Hadrian's Wall path. The...
time in Carlisle & Fern Lee
I cross the bridge that leads me out of Rickerby park and find myself on the edge of the town...
Day eight on the Wall – reaching Carlisle
As I'm finishing my breakfast at Vallum Barn, a plump old woman asks me if I would like to know...
The ancient, consecrated church graveyard.
The emptiness of the past seven days seem to be coming to a close. Day eight on Hadrian's Wall has...