Over Memorial Day weekend, we stayed at Fort Stevens State Park. It was an active US base for 84 years, from the Civil War through
Tag: Peril
Where There’s Smoke
We had seen the rising telltale tower of smoke yesterday on our excursion to Klamath Wildlife Preserve, twenty miles north, where Rachel had just added
Moving Heaven on Earth
The central California coastal region is beautiful. Idyllic, even. Especially here near Big Sur, it totally lives up to the hype. Verdant, rolling hills of
Utah PLOG #2 – Biking Jacob’s Chair
Between Moab and Capitol Reef National Park we’ve enjoyed so much this lovely state has to offer, yet we’ve barely scratched the surface. While so
Fall at Hovenweep
Roughly a half-million tourists mob the famous Mesa Verde ruins each year. In contrast, just a tiny fraction of that come to its lesser-known relative,
This Park Is Beautiful. It’s Even More Terrifying.
We drove Rimrock Drive and hiked Serpent’s Trail (“the most crooked road in the world” when it was used to haul coal 80 years ago)
The World That Was Born
Tuesday was a rough day. Libbie was towed up, over, and then down the steep, curving highway along Monarch Pass. Later we wound our white-knuckled
Bugging Out
That oversized roadside giant is Herkimer, a West Indian Hercules beetle who has signaled the May Family’s Natural History museum for over 50 years. It’s
Getting Off on the Wrong Foot
One of the rules we created for our downsizing effort was that anything we keep needs to be of a size the two of us
Limbo
Imagine you are a diver planning to jump off a sheer cliff into the ocean surf below. Don’t worry. You’re an experienced diver, celebrated for