turning 50 on the other side of the planet
The one where I journey to the other side of the planet, scale glaciers and then get pampered.
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it’s a vacation, not an excuse to be a gluttonous sloth
The one where I give tips on how not to gain 50 lbs while on vacation.
new personal best…er, worst?
The one where I make you jealous with pictures from my awesome vacation.
made in the shade
Finding shade during the hot, hot days of Vegas summer. Also, nature porn. PHOTOGRAPHY of nature, you pervs.
into the woods
Learning to appreciate what you’ve got. Living in the here and now.
climbing up and letting go
It’s Thursday and I’m in the throes of a crazy Rim to River (and back) day hike at the Grand Canyon. In preparation for today’s madness hike I did a training hike at Mt. Charleston this past Monday – Memorial Day. I scrolled through old posts to see if I had written about hiking this trail before –…
have I mentioned how much I hate snakes?
Sunday should have been a great day. I had just accepted an offer from my new employer, making Sunday the last day of my life of leisure, and wanted to celebrate by doing something fun. I planned a trip to Cathedral Gorge State Park. It should have been a great day. The Snake had other plans. I wrote, in Monday’s post, about how…
the mummy returns
Or, more accurately, I return to the Mummy. On Friday, my last full day in Vegas, I challenged myself to revisit an old friend, Raintree, a 3,000 year old Bristlecone Pine, who lives on the Mummy Springs Trail. The first time I hiked Mummy Springs back in May 2013, it was my highest peak to date,…
eye candy – Part III: Herman Lake, CO
My massive road trip finally wrapped up late last night, but thanks to the magic of pre-scheduled blog posts, I have one last bit of eye candy to share with you. 🙂 As a reminder, if you missed Eye Candy – Part I: Fletcher Canyon – just click here, or Eye Candy – Part II: Mary Jane Falls – click here.…
eye candy – Part II: Mary Jane Falls
Well, I’m still on the road, so here is the second of my pre-scheduled, mostly wordless, hiking stories-told-through-pictures. If you missed Eye Candy – Part I: Fletcher Canyon – just click here. 🙂 The star of today’s post is the Mary Jane Falls Trail at the Spring Mountains in Southern Nevada. I hiked it on Thursday (Aug 29th), my 3rd go…
eye candy – Part I: Fletcher Canyon
Since I’m now embarking on Road Trip: The Sequel, I thought I’d schedule a couple of quick & easy posts focused on some of the hiking I’ve done this past week in Southern Nevada. These posts are light on words but heavy on [hopefully] pretty pictures. My goal is to tell you a hiking story [mostly] wordlessly. Okay, maybe just a…
