This was the third rattlesnake this week. Apparently I've landed in the Rattler Capitol of Colorado. I knew this RV boondocking campsite was too good to be true.    more »

It seemed outrageous that after 2000 years of "progress" we should be more enslaved than ever. There is no worse form of slavery than a false freedom that no one questions.    more »

But something else happens when we take our dogs outdoors with us. They serve as an intermediary between ourselves and the rest of nature.    more »

There is something about cliffs and ridgelines. The ease of motion, the expansive views in most directions...these put the hiker in a calmly euphoric mood.    more »

I've overlooked another possibility until now. Presumably the San Juan mountains have wrung out the clouds so the land is graced with sparse vegetation. But it's still pleasantly cool.   more »

When hitching up to leave Mancos because of the heat, I noticed a bad split in the hitch cup. What if I hadn't noticed?    more »

An experienced full time RVer is not a vacationer living the "RV Dream". Dealing with difficult things is part of the job.   more »

Last fall I drove right by Monument Valley and didn't even stop for one snapshot. Was that just snobbishness?    more »

After watching a whole season disappear you experience a recrudescence of the rage that caused you to become a full time RVer in the first place.   more »

But this plan might be unraveling. Although Utah has some high forest camping, its cities and towns aren't that high. Maybe I'll just run a diagonal to southwestern Colorado right from Flagstaff.   more »

It certainly isn't something that you would expect from an RV boondocker who frequently camps alone on public lands. I blush to reveal that I've always had...   more »

We hiked up to the top of a lava dome over 2300 feet tall that lords over Flagstaff, AZ. Usually we dislike hiking on official trails but Elden Mountain promised...   more »

Ponderosas are aptly named. It is a little frightening to think of such big trees swaying a hundred feet over my head while I sleep in bed.   more »

I kept walking around it, admiring it. But the photograph belittled its three-dimensionality. This isn't the first time that I've been stumped by the camera.    more »

Sometimes we have other errands, all easily within reach of paw and pedal. Man was meant to live like this.   more »