Places

Activities A first taste of Moab A first, parks-focused pass through Moab, already clocking how much riding and wheeling we were leaving on the table. September 7, 2020 Activities Bryce Canyon in the smoke A tired, smoke-hazed stop at Bryce after the Narrows, walking down among the hoodoos. September 6, 2020 Activities Utah’s Mighty 5 in a week A Labor-Day-week loop through all five Utah parks, hiking and 4x4-ing a sampler and leaving plenty for next time. September 5, 2020 Activities Finally hiking the Narrows After getting shut out by high water years earlier, finally wading up the Zion Narrows. September 5, 2020 Overlanding Shaver Lake, before the fire A first trip to Shaver Lake and Bald Mountain, weeks before the 2020 Creek Fire tore through this part of the Sierra. July 17, 2020 Overlanding Monache Meadows for the long weekend A long-weekend run out to Monache Meadows on the Kern Plateau, racing for one of the last open spots. July 3, 2020 Places Bioluminescence on the LA coast Chasing a local red-tide flare-up for the blue glow in the surf. Unpredictable, dark-night, long-exposure stuff. May 4, 2020 Activities Alabama Hills, ghost-town trail A return to the Alabama Hills for the ghost-town road and some easy dirt riding under Mt. Whitney. May 1, 2020 National Parks First trip to Death Valley My first Death Valley trip, and the ranger who set the tone for years of free desert camping: you don't have to… March 1, 2020 Overlanding New Year’s in the Alabama Hills Ringing in the new year on a plateau above the Alabama Hills, back before the crowds made the BLM lock the camping… December 31, 2019