lost on the lost goldmine trail, but I’m alright…
Winter in Arizona is full of blue skies and temperatures in the seventies for the month of February, and that's...
hiking
Cerrillos Hills
34 million years ago, magma oozed up through the earth's crust into sediments deposited by an ancient sea. Veins of...
The Superstitions
"Rainstorms and high winds are predicted all weekend...." The Superstitions mountains at the East end of the Phoenix valley...
My first step into the Badlands
After an eternity on the long and empty roads of South Dakota, I finally made it to the entrance of The...
Tumalo Falls
The day was quickly fading, yet the call for one last exploration was stronger than the pain in my twitching...
along the Deschutes (part 2)
The road heading West was long, unassuming and empty. After a few miles of travel, I pull the car off...
Oregon’s Lava River Cave
Created almost 80,000 years ago, the lava tube started to form as the top layer was exposed to the cool...
along the Deschutes (part one)
The area around Bend, Oregon had been on my travel radar for quite awhile. Last summer the windows of...
going to church along the Timberline
The morning temperature was slightly above freezing, and the cracking of ice could be heard along the stream's edge. The...
Mercer Island
It's another Sunday morning in another town. Not the town I currently reside, but the town of my birth. I...
railroad tracks and a turquoise view…
Although the altitude should have been the reason for his labored breathing, truth be told it was the beauty that...
Space truckin’ in RMNP
Two days he had, that was all. The gas mask is securely fitted, the truck is put into drive and...