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Health • Exercise • Nature

Oct 31, 2025

Walking Into Wonder

The world reveals itself to those who go on foot. – Werner Herzog 11,375 feet above sea level. We had just reached the top of Elizabeth Pass. Earlier that morning, […]

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Exercise • Family • Health • Nature • Parenting

Nov 14, 2024

On the Trail With My Kids: Book Excerpt

The following is an excerpt from the book On the Trail With My Kids: From the Ohio River to the Mighty Mississippi. Further information, including the synopsis, can be found […]

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Health • Nature • Parenting

Dec 11, 2023

On the Trail With My Kids – A River to River Summary

It was almost four years ago on December 23, 2019 that my four oldest kids, Zach, Emma, Matthew, Noah, and I, took off on an unseasonably warm day with a […]

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Health • Nature • Parenting

Feb 15, 2023

Toward the Top

We had just left camp about 20 minutes prior, heading out on the trail at 7:20 AM. Will and I were alone on the road, as the others were well […]

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Faith • Health • Nature

Sep 15, 2022

Backpacking Is a Quintessential Christian Activity

“Not everything in life is essential. If everything is essential, then nothing is essential.” I had just awoken to the sounds of a gurgling stream. The previous night, a thundershower […]

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Faith • Health • Nature

Oct 8, 2021

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 […]

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Health • Nature

Sep 28, 2021

Yellowstone: Trekking Through the Heart of Beauty & Isolation

For an audio version of the following illustrated print account of the Yellowstone trek, see this link: https://on.soundcloud.com/JVeq2 Day 1: September 8 Start Time: ~ 4:15 PM MST End Time: […]

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Family • Health • Parenting

Jun 8, 2021

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 […]

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Health • Nature

Jan 14, 2021

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 […]

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Family • Health • Nature

May 14, 2018

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 […]