I find myself back in my own little utopia of the world, Joshua Tree. I believe this to be my fourth consecutive trip out here. Time to hike, meditate and immerse my soul in the cold, high desert. I let the randomness of thought guide my body towards new explorations. The Split Rock trail is…
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Chihuly Seattle
I slowly savor each footstep as I make my way from the waterfront to the art museum area around the infamous Seattle Needle. I’ve missed the freedom of travel that I’ve had over the last two decades of my life. Enter the world of Chihuly. Glass blowing artwork of fantastic and epic proportions. Seattle houses…
The Edgewater
I decide to return to my birth State for my birthday, which will mark the second time I’ve taken a flight in 2021. I was looking forward to a weekend in Seattle at the Edgewater Hotel. Who wouldn’t want to stay at the place infamous for the “mudshark incident” involving Led Zeppelin, as well as…
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 drove my curiosity to come and explore the Cape Cod area. What surprised me though is how wild and open this place is, especially for being in the populated East Coast of the USA. Hardly…
Oatman
I learned about the historic Route 66 town of Oatman from my niece. They were in Laughlin, Nevada for some fireworks show a few years ago, and took a day trip out to see this infamous Western town and the donkeys that roam the streets (and essentially run the show). A few months ago I…
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 a.m. due to the fact we need to be loaded onto the bus for our long drive back out on the Denali Park road so that people can make their connections on time. The rain…
The Denali Backcountry Lodge
The clouds parted for just a moment in the same manner that one would imagine the Red sea did for Moses, letting the sun shine down on the Backcountry lodge as we made the final turn along the lone Denali park road. The moment passed quickly, bringing a steady downpour of rain as the night…
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 with five other people. We have plenty of space for social distancing, peace and quiet. Our driver and guide only has two rules for us : No talking about politics or religion. My kind of…
The Denali cabins
My body is still floating on cloud nine as I walk off the plane from Denali Air. The afternoon is fading quickly into evening as I get checked into my cabin for night at Denali cabins. Alaska feels isolated and estranged from the continental United States in any normal year, but being compounded with Covid…
The Covid Wild Alaska adventure – Soldotna
I wake up in the Fairbanks yurt to see the sun has fully risen, which means that I’ve overslept. Normally this is a good thing, especially while on vacation, but not today. I have thirteen plus driving hours ahead of me. I forego a shower and coffee, throw my things into my backpack and hit…
time in Yuma
The last weekend in February is here, and I’m in Yuma, Arizona. Friday was the start of a new acquisition for work, and instead of driving all the way home only to return on Monday, I decided to stay over the weekend. Yuma was Grandpa Leo’s snowbird home to get away from the harsh Utah…
The Lake Havasu hot air balloon festival
The last time I had been in Lake Havasu was when MTV still did live spring break parties. I don’t remember much of that trip in the mid 1990’s. Decades later I hear that the city has an annual hot air balloon festival, so I plan a winters road trip to check it out. I…