We started the last day just outside Mesa Verde with a long way to go. Kansas City was the goal, the whole southwest corner of Colorado and everything after it standing between us and there. Alex still had Iowa waiting once he dropped me off. One more day.
A reflection this week rather than a trip. Some thoughts from a front porch in Florida, about fifteen minutes from Kennedy Space Center. There…
Day four ended at the bottom of a dirt road we could not see, and with a gas station clerk telling us to go…
Day three ended at the top of that climb, looking down at Moab in the valley. Day four was the payoff. The parks we…
A rooftop tent changes how you camp. Instead of finding flat ground, setting up a tent in the dark, and sleeping on whatever is…
Day two ended in the high country near Bryce, cold air and a wet day behind us. Day three was the drive to Moab,…
My summers growing up were full of camp. Cub Scouts starting when I was six, Boy Scout camp every year after that, and plenty…
The Superstition Wilderness has a way of mesmerizing you with its mystery and its beauty. These mountains sit just east of Phoenix, close enough…
It has been a wild stretch of dangerous weather. The Midwest has seen one of its most violent starts to a severe season in…