Some times the best adventures can be the things that are really not smart ideas at all. For two weeks now Janette and I have been hearing the tall tales of how glorious the crystal clear waters at the top of Forest Falls are. “The pools are deep enough to swim.” “There are …
After a long day of hiking to chilly creek waters down a hot canyon I want a filling meal. After a seven mile hike in ninety degree heat (And a few beers while swimming at the pools at the bottom of the canyon) I will for sure be starving and ready to eat all …
Today a man offered me candy. I politely declined and just kept running. Okay that is kind of what happened. The man was actually a super friendly forest ranger, and I had just run nine miles to the top of Butler’s Peak for the first time ever. This run was absolutely epic! And the …
Seven days ago I rolled my ankle real good while doing this. Yeah that is a massively awesome waterfall. And yes, it is as cold as it looks. This was pure snow run off. It felt amazing. The day we did this hike it was one hundred and ten degrees in the sweltering valleys below the …
There is a dirt road that I like to run down in the winter months. It hugs the cliffs and muddy edges of the National Forest. Hawks fly through the treetops and deer scamper about in the Manzanita bushes. I rarely see these creatures, all I see for the most part is the …