Yuma Territorial Prison
One can see the outline of the Colorado river from the forest of green trees that cut through the harsh...
Travel
is the dream collapsing in Yuma?
You are waiting, waiting for a train that will never come. Rest your head on the tracks, become undone. Time...
the Imperial Dunes
Mirages are all one sees upon first glance. A shimmering of life beyond the sand dunes and small desert beetles....
The Incline
Completed in 1907, the Manitou Incline went from being used as a means to complete a hydroelectric plant to a tourist...
a night with Bela Fleck & the Denver Symphony
I want a banjo playing bluegrass music as my ashes are being carried by the wind over a cliff. I...
The Pinnacles
I had just finished my circle around the mighty Crater Lake and was ready to head back for the evening...
Meteor City
A giant head with a mohawk appears like an ugly mirage along the Interstate. Teepee's are scattered against the empty...
The Barringer Meteor Crater
50,000 years ago, an unbroken plain stretched along the high desert where a cottontail rabbit nibbled on a blade of...
The Wigwam Motel
Over the years I've driven through the small town of Holbrook, Arizona at least fifty times, maybe even a hundred....
The lost trail above Pagosa
The trail initially seemed easy enough to find, at least on the GPS. What I found out though is that...
Castle Crest Wild Flower Garden
Darkness shrouds the road as I slowly make the long journey home from Crater Lake. It's been a magical few...
The Piedra river trail
A few short miles off the main road that goes through Pagosa Springs one finds themselves in the midst of...