North along the Olympic Peninsula
There is a reason Washington is so lush, and why it has a rainforest. The rain pours down regularly, and,Continue Reading
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A Trio of Washington Ironies
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. – Anatole France (novelist and poet; Nobel laureate 1921)Continue Reading
Oregon Fan Club, Part II: Inland Fossil Beds
Casino Hospitality Having taken our fill of lighthouses and crashing waves for a spell, we turned inland toward a farContinue Reading
Oregon Fan Club, Part I: The Coast
“Where you from?” inquired an old-timer who pulled up beside us in a pickup. We were parked outside a laundromat.Continue Reading
Your One Wild and Precious Life
The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? ThisContinue Reading
Mexican Breakfast in the Woods
Ingredients 4 tamales, bought from abuela herself, after meeting her granddaughter Maxine in the grocery store parking lot (buy 8Continue Reading
San Francisco: City in the Mist
During my college years in Wales, I met a friend who epitomized the adventurous life. Jaymz, with his American accent,Continue Reading
Route 395: The Other California
In the cool comforts of my folks’ home in Santa Barbara, Colin and I had poured over maps and plansContinue Reading
Carrizo: a slice of heaven
In mid May, we landed, quite by accident, in a little slice of heaven. The location: KCB campground, Carrizo NationalContinue Reading
A sunset at Lake Mead, a night in the Mojave, and a day at Joshua Tree
The Mojave… It’s as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to prove whether he was good enoughContinue Reading
