I tread lightly along the land of the Makah Indian, searching for a clearing in the woods that would be the Shi Shi trailhead. The morning is ominous and gray. I feel like a person that is as lost as one can be. I step into the forest and feel it enclose around me. I…
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It was October…Let’s Go Utes!
In October I set aside two weekends to travel back to Utah to see our beloved Utah Utes play some college football. It’s been a regular part of my life since 2008, and seeing my Utah football friends and family is the highlight of my Fall.Although we couldn’t pull out any wins, for me it’s…
Steps to take for falling in love with Telluride
Recognize that the quickening of your heartbeat is not related to a heart attack, but the beauty of the towering mountain peaks you are witnessing.Love the fact that when you go to the local grocery store to get sustenance, you don’t have the option of choosing plastic bags, and relish the sideways look you’ll get…
The Klamath coastal trail
Far beyond the cities and towns you know lies the enchanted redwood forests of NorCal. A tiny place named Klamath, after the Indian tribe that has lived here since the world began, is my center of the Universe for a spell as I make my way along the coastal trails. Yet the forest is on…
my final thoughts on Cuidad de Mexico
I’m wrapping up my trip to Mexico City last Spring with some final thoughts. As one of the ten largest cities in the entire world, Cuidad de Mexico truly is in a “world of it’s own“. There was so much to see and do, that I knew as soon as I left that I would…
The Makah
The Makah Indians called this place “the beginning of the world”. I couldn’t disagree. If you travel to the Pacific ocean’s edge in Washington State, past all resemblance of towns and communities that you know, beyond fisherman’s boats, golf courses and liquor stores you find the great carving statues of ancient Makah Indians that look over…
The World Lumber Jack Championships
After hours of driving through the forested roads of Wisconsin, I arrive in the little community of Hayward. Home of the World Lumberjack Championships since 1960. Hayward used to be a giant holding pond for logs of the Weyerhaeuser North Wisconsin Lumber Company, and now the people of this town rich in lumber history proudly…
Lake Siskiyou
He opens the cabin door and is assaulted by the scent of fresh pines. Not a cloud in the sky on this picture perfect morning around Lake Siskiyou in the Mount Shasta area of Northern California. The trail is only a few steps from his back porch, and soon he finds himself lost in nature…
Zocalo
(in Mexico) a public square or plaza.The golden hour of morning light is still a few minutes away. I make my way to the ATM across the street from the hotel, then ask an older gent smoking a cigarette as he is leaning against his pink CDMX taxi if he can take me to the…
hidden dinosaurs lurking in Fern Canyon
The Redwood forest is covered in gray ash from the nearby fires, a coffin that is closing down on the greenery within. “It’s the end of the world” the man thinks as he straps on his gas mask. Today he has two enemies; the toxic atmosphere and the ancient beasts that lurk within the hidden foliage…
Puebla on Good Friday
It’s the commencement of Christ’s death at Calvary as I arrive in Puebla. The colorful buildings in town overshadow the beggars and the blind, saints and sinners all lining the streets below. The colonial architecture has a soothing allure, making one feel safe and secure in this Mexican State. We wander along the cobbled streets,…
My final day in Guanacaste
It’s the final day of 2016. I see a toucan in the wild for the first time. A double rainbow emerges after a thunderstorm passes by in the distance. The afternoon sunlight bathes the valley in speechless wonder. I’ll never forget my little cottage, and the busy ants foraging and carrying leaves in symmetrical style outside…