My legs were burning, my beard was frozen, and I was shrouded in that muffled silence you only find in the winter woods. In fact, the only sound I could hear was the whoosh of my breath, the pounding of my heart, and the muted crunching of snow as I moved over it. Yet I … (Read more)
The Southern California desert is a powerfully vast, beautiful, harsh and dangerous landscape. It is an intense place to visit. Hidden in that wild is a treasure trove of adventure that can also provide a window to our past. One particular area is full of abandoned mines and the supporting structures, all in various states … (Read more)
Ready to get your dark on? Take a trip into Central Idaho’s recently designated Dark Sky Reserve. Google “light pollution” and you’ll pull up heaps of maps that wash just about everything east of the Mississippi in greens, reds (and sometimes white). The colors indicate levels of artificial light at night. The ‘warmer’ the color, … (Read more)
Montana is a state of mind as much as a place, embodying the frontier, the untamed—the wild west. Home to the grizzly bear, Glacier National Park and gobs of Ted Turner ranches, we went to Big Sky Country in seek of…what else…bigger skies! And there’s no better place to appreciate the bountiful vistas than atop … (Read more)
Tucson, AZ, is home to Saguaro National Park, in and of itself worth a visit. But there’s a lot more hiding there, like the world’s largest airplane boneyard. And Biosphere 2. And some pretty cool restaurants, mountain bike trails, and more. Here’s our list of a great way to spend 3-4 days exploring the area…with … (Read more)