Bumping around the land of my childhood with two of my best friends over the last week and a half was amazing!  We spent the 4th of July in Ashland, which is always a good time.  I went to my 10 year high school reunion, which actually deserves its own post for all the awesomeness it was!  We then headed into the Russian Wilderness in N Cali, and spent 4 days alone together next to a mountain lake soaking up the peaceful beauty of the natural world.  We watched eagles, …

My 10th high school reunion is Saturday.  I’ve been thinking about it for awhile.  Go!  Not go… I’ll have to drive straight through from Boulder to make it, meaning I’ll be drained, but what’s that?  I live my life on not much sleep pretty often.  The body is used to it.  I’m traveling with August and Claire for close to a month, so it is more than just my input.  Some more discussion to happen.
I feel like high school was like running through a beautiful garden with my eyes closed.  …

Water frozen in the chiller line put us a day behind schedule, and gave me a day to explore.  After chatting with two long-time local coworkers about nearby caves, hikes, and cultural scenery I settled on a loop exploring the NE corner of Alabama and a bit of Tennessee. 
Breakfast at the hotel with a couple spontaneous flower shots in the morning focused my mind on moisture, beauty, color, and observing fantasy in the ordinary. 

Cathedral Cavern was closed at 8am, so I continued on to Buggy Top trailhead.  A sign proclaimed …

Wilderness is something we seldom experience as social dwelling humans anymore.  The vast expanses of nature, gory and serene in their realness have shrunk and hidden away from humanity and we are much worse off for it. 
Teva gives $10,000 to “Teva Life Agents” to have the adventure of a lifetime and document it. 
Andrew Hyde and I submitted a video to Teva at the end of January.   Many of you helped us along the way with your comments and energy.  Thanks you!
In the end Teva picked a Life Agent: a spectacular individual …

Part 1 (Mallorca) or the Spain Journey here which explains why are there no good pictures of this event.
Also, Spain: the beginning, for a taste of the planning of our trip here
“FUUUUUUCK!”  The gas cylinder didn’t fit my backpacking stove.  Let me rephrase that: the only gas cylinder within 100 miles which we had just spent almost two hours ransacking every shop in Montenejos searching for didn’t fit my backpacking stove.
We were starving, and really looking forward to to the pasta we planned on cooking.  More than that, I’m pretty …