I have always been fascinated by the ability of a picture to take me places. Some pictures so powerful that they create a sense in me that I am experiencing the environment. A picture tells a thousand words and pictures have often been part of forming my travel dreams. Here …
Sometimes those amazing things in life are in our own backyard. Yet, sometimes we completely overlook or fail to appreciate what is right at our fingertips. I had friends visiting from Colorado who have a great enthusiasm for outdoor activities and have made the decision in their life to make time …
Has the thought of making a trip up the western coast ever sounded appealing? Despite being a leading bucket list contender, it has taken me 30 years to make my way up there. Why so long? Living well east of the Rocky Mountains makes the journey to the northwest coast …
One of the great resources we have in getting outdoors in the USA is public land. Whether the land is owned and managed at the federal, state, or local level, it is generally available for public use. While there may be fees associated accessing the land and/or facilities, the fees are generally …
One of the first questions I had to ask myself is who really cares about traveling and experiencing the outdoors? Life as many of us know it doesn’t include time to travel, we can barely pay the bills as it is. So, why should I make the effort? How will my family …
I feel blessed to have grown up in a family that traveled. Traveling created the means to explore. We would make the road trip from So Cal up I-5 to Oregon/Washington or across the desert on I-15 to Wyoming alternating family visits. The old Ford Fairlane with the car top carrier had many road miles before we upgraded to …