Solo Backpack Trip to The All American Man Pictograph Panel ~ Part 3
~~~ Part 1 ~~~ **** Part 2 **** (Updated and republished in November 2019) On the morning of October 20, 2014, I headed down the trail into Salt Creek Canyon. […]
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Grizzlies In Colorado?
The following story is based on a true account from a local prospector who values his privacy. Therefore, the name I have used is fictional and any similarity to that […]
August in the Mountains of Colorado
For this post, I’m simply going to share a few shots from the month of August. Sadly I didn’t get in very many hikes during the summer of 2017, partly […]
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 Visit from Mama Bear With Cubs
August 21, 2017, is a day that many will remember with fondness because it was the day of the solar eclipse in America. In the morning I witnessed the […]
Living in a Vehicle or R.V. in Bear Country
Bears…oh how we all hope to see one. Elusive, powerful, beautiful, intelligent, and at times; dangerous, especially when you live in an R.V. whether it’s a car, a van, […]
The Summer of 2016
In this post, I bare all…but to make it a bit more enjoyable, I decided to share some of the better moments, by way of some pictures of the wildlife […]
Complacency Can Kill (a Series of Events Led to a Very Close Call)
The Accident In April 2016, I was camping with a friend near to Wolverine Canyon, about 28-miles from Boulder, Utah, in The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. This area has […]
Interrupted Evening in The Tetons
September 28, 2014 – Journal From the tourist town of West Yellowstone, I headed south until I reached Driggs, Idaho, in the Teton Valley. I liked the small town of […]
A Nomad for Nature 