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Coffee Date with Gallup, New Mexico. What I’ve been up to.

Haggis Neeps and Tatties. A traditional Scottish food. Lamb, rutabaga and potatoes come together with whiskey sauce for a beloved Scottish cuisine. Make this for your next Burn’s Supper!

Start here with this mini travel guide and get inspired while planning a trip to Ireland. This Guide to Ireland has essential details that will make planning your next adventure easier. Learn about food, lodging, language, money, sights, transportation and more!

Dehydrated Hummus served on flatbread with olive tapenade makes for an easy, fast lunch that won’t slow you down and is healthy too.  This easy, no-cooking backpacking lunch  will be a great feather in your quiver whether you are out on the trail or stuck at work. This Hummus Bowl Recipe is one of my …

Reflections “Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”    – Oscar Wilde   How did I get here? Standing in front of a reflection pool, looking down at my own reflection, I pondered the significance of this moment. I am looking at my …

The mountains are calling and I must go. – John Muir My annual backpacking trip came and went.  As always, I received far more than I deserved.  Amazing natural beauty, good food, personal challenges and good people. How do you like to spend your time? There are always two people in every picture: the photographer …

The second time I got lost in the woods, it was intentional. The first time was almost tragic and yet funny.   “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks” – John Muir The first time I got lost… The setting was my first backpacking trip in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, beauty I …

What do Amelia Earhart, Salma Hayek and the notorious Orrin Porter Rockwell have in common? They all crossed paths, geographically, in Eureka, Utah.  Three souls from different eras converged on a small mining town in the Utah dessert.  More on that later. I have a little fun sometimes with math and life.  I KNOW!  Math! …

My girl and I went on some zany adventures while she was home from college for the Holidays. Here is the evidence. Skiing was on top of the list, at Brighton Ski Resort. Let the adventurous shenanigans commence…Miss B has arrived. Actually twice, once for Thanksgiving and once for Christmas break.  Yep, that’s our college …

Backpacking adventures in the Wind River Range. We started and returned to the Green River Trailhead in 8 days. We camped below Square Top Mountain and climbed many passes. We ate backpacking gourmet food compliments of the Sierra Club. Anticipation was growing as we motored across rough, unpaved roads, jostling about the car and cursing grumbling …