It’s the good girls who keep diaries; bad girls never have the time. ~Tallulah Bankhead Our Family Christmas looked like this: A few days and a couple flights later I…
Having never [intentionally] been winter camping before and my ski pass not yet activated, EA and I decided to hike head-on into an ‘early’ season ‘storm.’ In keeping with my…
Buffalo’s hulking figure was the first defining feature I learned upon moving here a year ago. A point by which to orient. Every day, through my commutes to various jobs…
A mushroom walks into a bar. “We don’t serve your kind here,” said the bartender. “Aww, come on, I’m a Fungi!” Get it? Fungi. Fun Guy. Are you laughing? Come…
Long Distance Backpackers don’t carry much; so what we do carry is an inordinately big deal to us. The cool kids know weights of gear down to the ounce. Some…
Don’t wait for the downpour to don rain gear. Out in the mountains, I would see storm cells approaching. Learned to take my time to prepare, to take a break…
“Life is venture or nothing. Live the life you’re imagined.” ~Quote on my Trail Journal, sent by my Sister in Korea I climbed to the highest places, and there found…
Kenosha Pass and the ridges thereafter offered expansive views across the Cretaceous seaway that is now called South Park. Across those once sea swept plains, rears the Divide. A toothy…
Charging up the climb out of South Platte Canyon, I played leap frog with a team of cyclists and an equestrian couple through the mid-morning heat. I can’t pretend I…
