Place of Echoes Buck Farm (41.2) to Main Nankoweap Camp (53.4) 12.2 miles President Harding Rapid (4) Nankoweap Rapid (3) After a day of...

Fence Fault Camp (30.6) to Buck Farm Camp (41.2) 10.6 miles on river Only 1 Rapid today. 36 Mile Rapid (4) Red Wall Cavern seems small...

Ravens seem to be woven into human folklore wherever they are found. Some cultures see them as bad, evil, or associated with death (they...

As we ride the narrow trail I'm reminded that I need to keep my eyes on the trail and not the incredible vistas all around me. So I...

What do you think of when you hear Cottonwood Arizona? Probably not great mountain biking. It wasn’t really on my radar as a place to...

Yesterday we found ourselves on the edge of the wild side along the Apache Trail that runs through the heart of the Superstition...

If I told you where the hot springs are I'd have to kill you said a local, jokingly, who had no idea that his inside tip would go global....

Mount Lemmon tops out at an elevation of 9,159 feet. It is a Sky Island that sits above Tucson Arizona and is a recreation retreat from...

Another couple of surprises in Texas. The first was finding the second highest hill in Southern Texas north of Austin. The other was...

“Help!” “Cholla!” “Bring Pliers!” I texted David while holding Taz’s paw that had a large Cholla baby sticking to the back of his front...

In the summer of 1990, I visited the mountains surrounding Lake Elsinore and they were on fire. I worked on a forest service Hot Shot...

Flowers everywhere! The desert in Anza-Borrego State Park is in full superbloom with all different species of wildflowers. The air is...

Welcome to Mississippi! Just as we crossed the border we got a cell phone alert for flash floods. I stopped at a mini-mart. I said to the...

Diving the Blue Grotto The color is surreal. A blue fire opens up above me like a precious blue opal stone. From this vantage the...

We were driving down highway 22 in northern Alabama when we saw a sign that said "Natural Bridge Next Exit". We quickly veered off the...

What do you think of when you picture Alabama? Probably not tons of mt. bike trails with lots of fun features like technical rock...

I've always thought of Georgia as home to the smooth southern drawl, plantation mansions, and a slower pace of life. What I found...

Monument Lake Campground Big Cypress National Preserve Imagine pulling up to a campground around a small beautiful lake. Campsites next...

I know you are probably thinking that Shark Valley has sharks. I wondered that myself, so I "googled it". The explanation I found was...

Off the beaten path is the Bird Rookery Swamp just northeast of Naples Florida. The cypress-maple swamp sits adjacent to a more, well...