Rambling Hemlock

On an overnight backpacking trip to Canyonlands National Park with Jan, a wrong turn led us down the right path. Jumping back and forth a...

Turns out I was completely wrong about the monotythic redness of the rocks. They are green, blue, pink, yellow, and thousands of shades of e...

Hiking the Syncline Trail in Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park trail two years ago, I was at a turning point. After a lifetime of...

Locals call it “ISKY” and pronounce it like it rhymes with “I fly." As if “sky” is a verb. To sky. The paved road to Island in the Sk...

My eyes have trouble adapting to this new place. The verticalness of the rocks and seeing-forever views make my head spin. The palate of the...