Gertrude Lake

Once Tim said “pass the brown” and that’s how I’ll be requesting whiskey from now on.

Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River

Going for a long walk under a heat dome

Black Buttes

Nathan has asked me to take him backpacking for years and I haven’t done it. But then I did do it.

Sespe Hot Springs

A top 10 soak, with only 36 miles of backpacking or so to do it.

Sunol Regional Wilderness

Those steep hills mean the cows have really strong … calves. I’m sorry.

Mills Canyon and Capulin National Monument

Rattlesnakes, antelope, lava and iridium in the Northeast corner

Chaco Canyon & Ah-Shi-Sle-Pa Wilderness

I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe … Chocolate mushroom hoodoos in Ah-Shi-Sle-Pa … I watched gas flares glitter in the dark near Nageezi. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain … Time to die

Jemez Mountains

The centuries are long and the water hot

Sisters Wilderness & Crater Lake

wherein we come into our power as car campers