Tijuana
My seemingly never-ending list of places to visit and things to experience includes driving to various locations in Mexico around...
Travel
Glacier’s Trail of the Ancients
It's our last evening in Glacier National Park. The wildfire smoke is being blown out by a late summer storm....
Rafting the Flathead
"Though she be but little, she is fierce." -William Shakespeare I could tell my niece was nervous as hell, but...
Lake McDonald
It was easily ten degrees warmer than normal due to the surrounding forest fires. The smoke was reeking havoc on...
Welcome back to Glacier…
As I landed at Glacier International Airport last August, I couldn't help but think about the last time I was...
Biking Biltmore
Across the country I go in October, first from a plane, then to a car which gets me to my...
A night with Nathaniel Rateliff, John Prine, and me
A song comes on the radio during the summer, playing an artist I've not heard of before. As Nathaniel Rateliff...
Chief Mountain
As the saying goes, I got a little too into the rum the night before. Although it was beer instead...
Filoli
Through the California countryside of rolling hills we travel, about twenty five miles south of San Francisco. Our destination is...
Searching for the Sauvie Island lighthouse
Somewhere on this special island is a lighthouse, a beacon to those trying to find their way home. I too...
Redding
I come down from Lassen Peak, high on adrenaline and weak from hunger. I'm equal parts satisfied and exhausted. Time...
Ramona Falls
It's a blue bird Sunday morning in Oregon, majestic Mount Hood is watching over all that make their way into...