On days like this one where I work, I mean hike for eight hours straight, I might need a breakfast sandwich to fuel my body for the long day ahead. Sure, you could cruise through the Mcdonald’s drive-through for a sodium-soaked biscuit breakfast sandwich with powdered eggs, Velvetta cheese and is that hard mealy thing …
Today I learned the hard way that mule’s ears are softer than RV toilet paper and it’s always a good idea for a hiker to carry an extra wag bag. Especially if that hiker had spicy Mexican food the night before. As a local expert on edible plants, I usually know just where to find …
No one expects to go on vacation and face the thought of being evacuated in the middle of the night. Camping vacations are for good times; Making smores around the campfire under the stars of the Milky Way, hiking sixteen miles a day through pine forests and swimming in alpine lakes. When you are faced …
Summertime in a resort town. Sitting down in my backyard for the first time today I can literally feel the pine pollen landing on my arms. Good thing I don’t really care that much about getting dirtier than I already am. I spent the day trekking up a dusty mountain trail in my new Kuhl …
The whole valley was filled with the cutest fuzzy wild burros. It was just past dawn on a very chilly February morning. The high might have been above zero degrees. The donkeys did not care as they grazed on the first wild green grasses of a very early spring. The little baby donkeys scampered around …