Wednesday, 14 September 2022, North Rim Our hotel arranged a breakfast discount at Denny's - sorry, but I declined to risk my recovery...

Sunday, 11 September 2022, Bryce Canyon City UT Ever heard the phrase, "It's always darkest before the dawn?" I could confirm that, since...

Saturday, 10 September 2022, Bryce Canyon So much for regenerative sleep. This ranked as my worst night yet, tossing and turning...

Friday, 9 September 2022, Bicknell UT And we considered Ely a small town! At least it boasted a population near 4,000. Bicknell and...

Thursday, 8 September 2022, Bicknell UT We checked out of Hotel Nevada after another Everyday Slam slammed our stomachs, getting off to a...

Wednesday, 7 September 2022, Ely NV Not that we purposely lingered this morning ("Shall we leisurely eat our Everyday Grand Slam?"), but...

Tuesday, 6 September 2022, Ely NV This trip came together quickly once I returned from California. I established the timing by checking...

Sunday, August 7 2022, SF Airport After a filling breakfast with my friend, I pointed my car to San Francisco, ready for a free-form day....

Saturday, 6 August 2022, Elk Grove CA After a two weeks in nature, I now faced two days of sampling urban parks, dedicated to history....

Friday, 5 August 2022, Elk Grove CA I took my time gearing up for the last National Park of this trip, willing the time to stretch out....

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand straining, leveling tempests and floods; but...

Wednesday, 3 August 2022, Fresno CA The tendency nowadays to wander in the wilderness is delightful to see. Thousands of tired,...

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole...

When I was about 15, I went to work at Yosemite National Park. It changed me forever. Nature had carved its own sculpture, and I was part...

Sunday, 31 July 2022, Curry Village, Yosemite NP For an NPS site, Whiskeytown NRA flies under the radar. Unless you're a boater who...

Saturday, 30 July 2022, Redding CA Time to break camp - and see where we were supposed to camp. (Hmmm... maybe I should show Sandy what a...

Friday, 29 July 2022, Manzanita Campground The temperature overnight had blessedly dropped into the 60s, giving us hope for a cooler day....

Thursday, 28 July 2022, Lassen Volcano NP Let's settle this straightaway: no more angelic photography like yesterday. A Fingers of God...

When we get out of the glass bottles of our ego and when we escape like the squirrels turning in the cages of our personality and get...

Tuesday, 26 July 2022, Crescent City CA Fern Canyon, so I'd heard, is THE place to see in Redwood National and State Parks. The NPS has...