Position: 37°37’04″N 112°09’36″W Carol’s last visit to Bryce Canyon was 30 (plus) years ago. This was my first. Bryce is one of those scenic gems that makes photography easy. Like Venice, it’s hard to take a bad photo here. Everything …
The cool Wallowa Mountains with its grasslands and sparse lodgepole pines are the final transition from the fertile plateau that is Oregon east of the Cascades. The long, gentle run out takes you past the dusty town of Baker and …
Position: 37°17’30″N 107°52’32″W For those desirous of such things, with adequate planning it is now possible to discover the western United States on 50mg of THC per day. Almost legally. Allow me to elaborate. The Wild Wild West Making our …
Position: 38°41’22″N 109°32’41″W Arches National Park is one of those disorienting places that brings distant memories of National Geographic photos fully to life. Patient, skilled photographers no doubt spent weeks and months waiting for exactly the right time of day, …
Goddamn it feels good to be back on my bike! Lily is doing amazingly well. Three years in a barn, home to several families of mice and she started right up! That new battery I bought fit perfectly. Bit of …
The past couple of posts have focused on the Metolius River scenic area. This video brings some of our photos and stories to life. Enjoy a quiet stroll along the banks near the river’s source.
Position: 44°34’28″N 121°37’10″W Back in late August 2003, lightning struck near Mount Jefferson in central Oregon – twice. Both strikes ignited fires that over a period of two weeks consumed some 90,000 acres of forest. More than 2,000 crew fought …
Position: 44.62N, -121.47W There’s a rule of adventure travel that I call the Rule of 9s. It goes something like this: when visiting a site of natural beauty, if there are 900 people at the visitors center, 900 yards away …
Three weeks and two days after landing in the States we are officially Pfizered up. DoubleVaxxed! Ready for anything. And as is the story of the rest of my life, our timing was just a little bit off. Let me …
