The World Closed Down Around Me
~ I have decided to question everything, and believe nothing during this time of uncertainty, for everyone seems to have a different opinion or personal agenda. I have accepted this […]
Tag Archives: alone
Strange Goings-On in the Woods
(Updated and republished November 2019) One night in July 2012, I was parked in the national forest and was the only person parked there at the time, when I heard […]
Solo Hiker
~ Solo Hiker ~ One set of boot tracks in the snow, a solo hiker seeking solitude on a lonely trail. Does the cool January air help this person to […]
How I Slept in my Subaru Outback (My home from 2010-2012?)
Written in August 2012, for my (then) blog, A Free-Spirited Woman. Some of you may be wondering how I go about sleeping in my car. Above: In 2010 I replaced […]
Personal Locator Beacons, Part Two–Which One Did I Choose to Keep and Why?
The three beacons I tested were the ACR ResQLink, the SPOT, and the inReachExplorer. Why did Bob ask me to test out these three devices? Bob Wells is the owner […]
Living in an Old School Bus and The Year of the Bears (Summer 2011)
This is what I lived in for the summer of 2011. It was perhaps the coolest place I’ve lived yet. (I mean in “Hey, cool dude,” not the air-conditioned type […]
Anti-Semitism in the Night
This post was originally written in September 2012, and at that time I was camping in the national forest near Estes Park, Colorado. I’ve had very few scary experiences while […]
Solo Camping for Women
I originally wrote this article in 2002 for a woman’s magazine and have updated it a little for this blog post. I love to camp alone, and the more remote […]
A Raw and Beautiful Wilderness ~ Paw Hole at Coyote Buttes South, Utah/Arizona
April 12 – 15 Anytime I’m close to Kanab, Utah, I plan to drop into the BLM Office the next morning with hopes of winning a ticket to The Wave […]
The Science of Earth and Water Vortices–Sedona
April 6 – 7, 2017 The Science of Sedona’s Vortices If you’ve ever visited the beautiful town of Sedona, AZ, chances are you’ve been to at least one of the […]
A Nomad for Nature 