Monthly Archives: November 2011

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in a crowded state like California, especially if you crave solitude as I do.  I guess in many ways I’m a fish out of water.  But if you’re willing to work a bit it is possible to … Continue reading →

I was in the dark, both literally and metaphorically. It was 10 pm and I was stretching my weary bones in the parking lot of the Bishop bus station after a tortuous, traffic-snarled weekend escape from Southern California. I had blown … Continue reading →

So how do you finish a perfect day? As with life, in the end you finish it alone. Riding away from my Scottish friends, I entered the golden hours. Photographers in lower latitudes might know it as the (singular) golden … Continue reading →

North of the Arctic Circle the road rolls ever upward to the border of the Yukon and the Northwest Territories which straddles the Richardson Mts. There are approximately 33,000 people that inhabit the Yukon: 21,000 of them live in the … Continue reading →

A few hours later, I sat sipping water on the edge of my bed in the Eagle Plains Lodge. I had planned on sleeping in my tent for the duration of the trip but the promise of showering 3 days … Continue reading →

Even though I frequently read what others have to say about their own experiences, somehow when I go to write something about what I’ve done it always seems so, well I guess the best way to describe it is self-indulgent: … Continue reading →