Buddy Chris Joins In The "Fun" At Camp Klondike

Twin Lazy Daze? Not quite...Chris's L D (foreground) is super clean and spiffy, while Goldie (background), well, let's just say "she's been around."

"Seek, And You Shall Find:" Reverse Engineering A Loop-Hike From Beyond Tower Arch

Successful or not, "seeking" has never been so much fun. There's no such thing as failure when hiking through dazzling red rock sculptures in a symphony of solitude.

Beyond Tower Arch Part II: Where Outdoor Life Sometimes Slips Through The Cracks...

What a glorious day of route-finding the gaps between colossal sandstone Fins, being humbled by the measure of Marching Men, and slip-navigating a tapering 16 inch crack so constricted I couldn't  draw a full breath. And best of all? We're still headed away from camp in search of the ultimate loop. 

Beyond Tower Arch: Where Outdoor Life Sometimes Slips Through The Cracks...

I told her it was going to be a long day...a four to five hour loop-hike from camp... 

Between Hikes...

A detour through the Inside Passage to iron out a couple tricky spots. Zoom Zoom. 

"Everything I need..."

Something hits me like a shovel

and I am stunned into believing

anything is possible...

suddenly I know

everything I need is waiting for me...

Richard Shelton, Going Back to Bisbee

The Long Wander...just wandering, thinking, existing, and appreciating the luck of his landing

A man said to the universe: 

“Sir, I exist!”

“However,” replied the universe, 

“The fact has not created in me 

A sense of obligation.” 

Stephen Crane