Rambling Hemlock

Life continued to follow a different path following my 2014 Pacific Crest Trail hike. Highlights of the year— first job at a national mon...

President Obama declared Bears Ears a National Monument yesterday! As someone who has hiked in this area and who cares about protecting valu...

I’d somehow gotten the impression that there was nothing to see in Rock Creek and East Rock Creek trails (in Canyons of the Ancients Nationa...

Mancos Canyon in the Ute Mountain Tribal Park in southwestern Colorado holds several sun calendars that mark the solstices. Our special wint...

Sand Canyon is the only part of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (in southwest Colorado) where you have to stick to the designated ...

Waking up to the sound of rain. How do other people keep their stuff dry while getting in and out of a tent in the rain? It’s so easy under ...

Shake Spring to Cottonwood Creek 21.6 miles Hiking in the dark of early morning. Not even a speck of glow on the horizon. My weak headlam...