Traveling, Camping and Hiking My Way Westward #56 of my 2023 52 Hike Challenge Trail/Park: Lake Alice & Coal Town Loop, Sugarite Canyon State Park, NM and Meade State Park, KS Trash Collected: .37 pounds The first snow of the coming winter greets me on the camper's big window. From ranches at the base of … Continue reading Go West: Feels Like Home
Traveling, Camping and Hiking My Way Westward Trail/Park: Blue Water Lake State Park, Prewitt, NM Time to Move On My last morning with Jean before I'd reluctantly start my drive homeward. Not that I didn't have more to look forward to along the way. I had less of a committed plan for the drive home. … Continue reading Go West: Blue Skies to Blue Water
Traveling, Camping and Hiking My Way Westward #55 of my 2023 52 Hike Challenge Trail/Park: Mastodon Peak Trail and Cottonwood Spring Trail, Joshua Tree National Park There is an interesting thing I find about spending time outdoors regularly. I am not a morning person except when I'm spending outside. In the times when I'm camping … Continue reading Go West: Desert Beauty & City Lights
Traveling, Camping and Hiking My Way Westward #54 of my 2023 52 Hike Challenge Trail/Park: Split Rock Nature Trail, Jumbo Rocks, Split Rock Loop, Arch Rock Nature Trail, Cholla Cactus Garden Nature Trail, Joshua Tree National Park Trash Collected: 0.31 pounds I keep finding myself writing about learning to flow with the challenges through this … Continue reading Go West: Rocks and Stars
The landscape heading east from Los Angeles transitions from sprawling development surrounded by mountains to acres of windmills before rising into the high desert on Highway 62. Everywhere yucca and Joshua Tree dot the vast swaths of desert. Despite the starkness I found myself again marveling at the diversity of the U.S. as one travels on land. Sameness yet underlying subtle differences everywhere.
