Dreams return; harbingers of change. I begin to feel the gears turning in earnest toward this hike. It began years ago with evenings of reading others’ adventures across South America…
Women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, as such, Momma now has little use for her slick, fingernail polish red Outback, Maggie Rose. On the other hand, Colorado…
Aspens yellow. Mornings jewel with frost. Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds dwindle from local feeders. Bear/trash bin/human encounters increase. Foxes fatten and fur up. Hunting Season on the Hooved open. Here begins my…
Sunday evening I was sprawled across the sidewalk in front of the Ace Hardware in Leadville, filthy, stinky, and awaiting my ride back from the weekend foray. Somewhere between coma…
[The Colorado Trail is] a legacy which will feed the quest for adventure, and precipitate the special dimension of life imparted by the spirit of the outdoors. The dream has…
It was a clear, cold Sunday night when Anne and I took a handsaw out into the Church of Wilderness, offered up thanks, and brought Norman the 4 ft. Christmas…