Solo Backpack Trip to the All American Man Pictograph Panel ~ Part 4
~~~ Part 1 ~~~ ~~~ Part 2 ~~~ ~~~ Part 3 ~~~ (Updated and republished November 2019) On the morning of the 21st, I awoke and crawled stiffly out […]
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Preparing for a Four-Night Backpack Trip Alone to The All American Man-Part 1
Part 1 of 4 posts about my backpack trip to The All American Man Pictograph Panel. (Updated and republished in October 2019) I’m parked on a piece of slick rock […]
I Will Survive–A Climb Up McHenry’s Peak
Roxy (myself) at the top of Stone Man Pass. I think that is Chief’s Head Peak in the background. This article was published in the Estes Park news in a […]
Exploring Some Mud Cliffs, and Hiking Lick Wash and Willis Creek along Skutumpah Road
March 25 – March 29, 2018 I don’t think that a person has to be enamored by geology to appreciate the beauty of nature, but so many people glance and […]
White Canyon Wilderness, near Superior AZ
February 21-22, 2018 DO YOU WANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL INSTEAD? ~ JUST CLICK HERE: White Canyon Wilderness ~ Come and Explore With Me! There was […]
Skis, Snowmobiles, and A Dog Named Thor
Originally written for my column Tales From The Trail, published in The Estes Park News in 2005. Barb & Joe crawled gratefully into their flimsy tent brushing snow from their […]
The Trail Ahead ~ A Poem by Roxy Whalley
My story is on the trail, I just don’t know the story yet. The trail doesn’t know it yet, but it is there, waiting, inevitable, unavoidable. The story waits […]
The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, and the Methuselah Trail
On December 2, 2017, I drove up to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains, from Big Pine, CA. The drive goes up a winding mountain road with […]
Discovery Of A B17 Bomber
In 1990 Kathy Wiegle was leading a group of horses and their riders along the Browns Lake Trail in Comanche Peaks Wilderness in Colorado when something caught her eye. Curious, […]
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 […]
A Nomad for Nature 