5 (Free) Keys to Coping with Pain
I was sitting on the banks of a tributary of the Yellowstone River. My brother, two friends, and I were into day three of our epic adventure through Yellowstone National Continue Reading →
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Yellowstone: Trekking Through the Heart of Beauty & Isolation
Day 1: September 8 Start Time: ~ 4:15 PM MST End Time: ~ 6:30 PM Total Miles: 6.0 Campsite: 5E9 We were 9 one-hundredths of a mile into our five Continue Reading →
Dear Dads, We’re All in This Together
I must have been no more than 12 years old. Dad was in the backyard, and he had been digging for some time in hopes of finding the blockage to Continue Reading →
Walking in the New Year
We pulled into the parking lot. The temperature was 27 degrees. As expected, Dave and Elliott were waiting for us. After dropping a vehicle at the planned ending point (19 Continue Reading →
Backpacking – Family Style
I awoke to the sound of youthful chatter. As was later noted, Matthew had set his watch alarm for 5:37 AM (for reasons only a 10-year-old can understand), ushering in Continue Reading →
Divine Gifts of the Mundane: Winter Edition
It was -1 degrees (Fahrenheit) as I left the house for my usual bike commute to work. For years, I had experienced cold rides all the way down to zero, Continue Reading →
The Day the Silence Died
“When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent Continue Reading →