The Lumberjack Trail to Beechwood
Filtered light through hardwoods, The humming of late afternoon in Autumn, Wind stirs the branches of the bowing beech And I ponder this burning aspiration to capture the moment of [...]
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08, 2020
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08, 2020
The Cradle of Wilderness
"If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after [...]
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07, 2020
Backpacking Colorado’s Four Pass Loop
Is backpacking Colorado's Four Pass Loop in Maroon Bells heave? When I think of what heaven must be like, I see myself standing in the middle of an endless aspen [...]
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06, 2020
Descent into Black Canyon: Backpacking Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
There aren't many three-day weekends when Angie and I don't do our best to get out of town and go exploring. This past weekend, we teamed up with two friends [...]
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03, 2020
Capitol Reef Wanderings
Adventures in Capitol Reef National Park “The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and [...]
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03, 2020
Birding in Las Tangaras Reserve, Mindo, Ecuador
Birding in Las Tangaras Reserve I recently had the opportunity to hike into an Andean Cock of the Rock lek in the cloud forests of Mindo, Ecuador, while birding [...]
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09, 2019
We Done Got Yellowstone’d
Our Backpacking Trip Through Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone became our nation’s first National Park in March of 1872. I had the privilege of exploring it for the first time [...]
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06, 2019
Gem of the Cascades
Our Trip to Crater Lake National Park While visiting Oregon to present at the 16th biennial North American Agroforestry Conference, it only made sense to spend a little extra [...]
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02, 2019
Conference of the Birds
I think it's safe to say that any relatively experienced birder who observes four life-listers while walking through a city park in the middle of winter would be absolutely thrilled, [...]
