#14 of my 2025 52 Hike Challenge Trail/Park: Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Nerstrand, MN Spent meadow rue blossomsSeeds fluttering in the breezeA visual translationThe sound of rain dripping from the eaves Sometimes the little things catch your eye. It might be a blossom, a leaf, a pop of color. A recognition. A memory … Continue reading Musings from the Trail
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 #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.
Traveling, Camping and Hiking My Way Westward Trails/Parks: Chumash Museum Trail, Thousand Oaks, CA; Malibu Creek State Park, Calabasas, CA; Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, Woodland Hills, CA Slow and Steady Settled in with family the days stretched ahead of me. Days of rest, days of learning, days to enjoy the beauty of … Continue reading Go West: California Highlights
