Day one exploring Cape Cad
I dreamed about weather beaten picket fences half buried in white sand. This image, more than anything else, is what...
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PeekaBoo
It is the last day of 2020, and I find myself on a long and desolate dirt road in Grand...
Don’t forget Winona
Yes, just like the lyrics to the song. The small and most likely forgotten town of Winona, just a few...
Dead Horse Ranch
"I need to slow down for awhile." This has become increasingly clear over the past year. After more than a...
Wire Pass
Deja Vu hits me once again as I walk towards the Wire Pass trailhead, but I ignore the feeling as...
Shipcreek
It feels like a Sunday, but I'm not quite sure what day of the week it is. I do know...
The return to the cabins
The bus quietly pulls in front of the Denali cabins, I unload my gear and say my final good bye...
The Covid Wild Alaska Adventure – Leaving Denali (otherwise known as bear spray incident #2)
My time at the backcountry lodge has sadly come to an end. Breakfast is served earlier than usual, at 6:00...
The Covid Wild Alaska Adventure – Alone atop Eagles Point
The clouds are closing in on the valley this morning, swirling in misty circles over the mountains. Imagine if you...
The Covid Wild Alaska adventure – Enter Denali
We are eight miles from the entrance to Denali National Park as I settle into my comfortable bus seat, along...
The Denali cabins
My body is still floating on cloud nine as I walk off the plane from Denali Air. The afternoon is...
The Covid Wild Alaska adventure – Denali Air
I received the first voice mail while in Seward......"Denali Air here....break in the weather...if you are around....good time now...", but...