The Adventures of Mother Nature

   The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.” —Edward Abbey Ohhh, Edward.  what a lofty thou...

      Thank you to REI for their new campaign #ForceofNature, promoting women in the outdoors.  Ladies, as recipient of all that good, pl...

As I was cleaning out my overloaded cloud files (cloud pollution of the internet sort)  I came across several essays from past trips, and th...

I just finished reading Yvon Chouinard's book "Let My People Go Surfing."  I am bowled over. I am humbled.  I am ashamed.  I a...

The sad thing about children is that they grow up and move away.  The cool thing about children growing up and moving away is that sometimes...