It isn’t enough for your heart to be broken because everybody’s heart is broken now. Allen Ginsberg I like the word enchantment, as I referenced in my last post when describing Enchanted Valley in the Olympics. It is a pretty good bet that the place will be beautiful, and your hike will not be disappointing.Continue reading “Enchantment Under Pressure”
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The Only Lasting Truth
Recently I returned from a short visit to Glacier National Park, which was a chance to visit with old friends as well as to take in the magnificent scenery. It has been a long time since I visited that park, and there were many memories held for me in the peaks and valleys of thatContinue reading “The Only Lasting Truth”
Moving Mountains
It is Mt. Kilimanjaro, and it is the last photo I took on my recent trip to Africa, taken out the window of our plane as we began our long trip home on the flight from Zanzibar to Nairobi. We never saw this magnificent mountain from the ground, though we were near it much ofContinue reading “Moving Mountains”
A Song for Africa
If I know a song for Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on its back . . .does Africa have a song for me? Karen Blixen in Out of Africa Two new field guides have recently been added to my bookshelf: The Animals of East Africa and The Birds of EastContinue reading “A Song for Africa”
No Mansions in Yellowstone
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. Meister Eckhart My readers will recall that in my last post I ventured into the subject of politics and the threatened proposal to sell off 250 million acres of public land to private interests. It was extremelyContinue reading “No Mansions in Yellowstone”
This Land is My Land
I usually try to keep politics out of my posts, but a recent decision by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee should send chills into every aching bone of a hiker’s body. The bill forces the sale of more than 250 million acres of public land, including Forest Service and Bureau of Land ManagementContinue reading “This Land is My Land”
Not the Same
Looking Up
Any time is a good time to look up from the creek bed at your feet to the mountains at the horizon. David Boyles The first time I visited Canyonlands National Park in southern Utah, I bought a postcard at the visitors’ center of the beautiful arch you see in the photo above, appropriately namedContinue reading “Looking Up”
Because It Is Beautiful
It is never my intent to alienate my readers by choosing sides in the political struggles and polarization that are happening today. There is enough of that going around. But individuals on both sides of the chasm that separates us agree that these are dangerous times, and our very survival as a species may byContinue reading “Because It Is Beautiful”
A Life Told in Miles
At important transitions in my life I find myself reflecting on the journey that has led to this place and time. As always, everything relates to the trail, the long treks with my backpack, the quiet moments in camp with a cup of tea and a good book, and the places where those journeys haveContinue reading “A Life Told in Miles”
The Solitude Trail 