• Cross-border Beer Hike

    A Cross-border Beer Hike from the Bavarian Forest into Czechia wasn’t much of an option back in the Cold War days. Now though, it’s an opportunity to hike through …

    A Day in the Parks

    The San Pedro Parks Wilderness, located in the Jemez Mountains of North-Central New Mexico is 40,000+ acres of remote country …

    Youth (em)Power

    Young people can be pretty inspiring and energizing to be around when they are heading in the right direction and …

    Circle in the Sky

    This is another in my series of reports about hikes in the Valles Caldera National Preserve (read my overview of …

    Real Images of Unreal Looking Places

    Here is a real image of an unreal looking place in China.  The images are collected by Andrew Handley and …

    North Rim Splendor

    The hike on La Garita trail is a bit of a misnomer, in that it does not climb the nearby …

    On the Border

    The Redondo Border Trail sits high on a prominent northwest facing ridge in the western part of the Valles Caldera …

    A Hike in Alamo Canyon

    This is yet another in a series of hikes I’ve been doing in the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern …

    Gimme Shelter

    The best I can tell with very limited Spanish abilities is that Cerros Del Abrigo translates to either “coat hills” …

    Chalk Art Masterpieces

    Here are a couple of great collections of chalk art masterpieces assembled by Priscilla Frank of Huffington Post and by Hongkiat.com …

    Whodat Hoodoo Hiking?

    I dat hiker!  Hoodoos (maybe Hoo-dye is the plural?), if you’ve ever wondered, are distinctive geologic formations that typically consist …

    Who Was General Tso and Why Are We Eating His Chicken?

    Fun article from blogger Kim Kohatsu of Menuism — everything you ever wanted to know about General Tso! … and …

    Hiking Redondito Trail

    I love it when I have a chance to hike a trail I’ve not been on before.  It’s an added …