outdoor adventures

As soon as I stepped outside of the car, the humidity sapped my strength like a giant blood sucking mosquito....

I haven't had a consistent workout routine since 1999, which means I was still in my twenties. Back then, it...

Where the Pacific ocean meets the start of the Redwood forest is a sliver of land where the mighty elk...

Reach 12,633 feet on the first weekend in November. That was the goal I set for myself on this chilly...

Upon leaving Fern Canyon, the inexplicable pull to stay in the Redwoods takes the lone hiker to the Friendship trail....

December is finally here, which means hiking is back on the menu in my corner of the world. The infamous...

Wisconsin's largest waterfall is located on the top edge of this great State, in a part of the USA that...

The sinewy seaweed drapes my form like the remnants of an afterbirth. I teeter and sway with the tide, a...

Recognize that the quickening of your heartbeat is not related to a heart attack, but the beauty of the towering...

It's the last day of September, and you can feel the cool nip of Autumn in the air, even here...

The Redwood forest is covered in gray ash from the nearby fires, a coffin that is closing down on the...

Griffith Park is jam-packed with cars as I enter. I try to follow the road up to the Observatory, but...