I didn't quite have a plan in mind. I had a map and a free week and an itch that needed scratching. A few places in mind, all of them far away. My trunk was full of camping gear my dogs lounged across the back seat. The windows were rolled down and I felt the …
We weren't born to sit still. We don't have legs so they can be cramped up under the minimal square footage of an office desk, chained to tax forms, invoices, and endless streams of paperwork that carry on like a CVS receipt, 20% off your next purchase of items you don't need that this world …
Continue reading Made to Wander
Deep in the desert, haphazardly tucked a few miles off a highway that runs parallel to the dehydrated fish coated shores of the Salton Sea, lies a city. Not by definition as much as by name, Slab City is a reconstructed military compound, inhabited by vagrants, meth heads, veterans, cons, and women fleeing abusive relationships. …
Continue reading Where Fine Dust Lingers
Inside a casino lies a small eatery, where the twinkling lights of a pinball machine illuminate the darkened back corner of the room. The rest of the space is sterile and bright, the stainless steel tabletops surgically clean, no streaks or residue. A woman hovers by the counter with a bottle of household cleaner and …
Continue reading Lady Luck’s Casino
It’s hard to find. Tucked behind some failing restaurants and one of Alaska’s many auto repair shops, the log cabin style bar sits on the shores of the Kenai Peninsula, right behind a dirt driveway that, like every other road in Alaska, bears more holes than the surface of the Moon. Pull onto one of …
Continue reading Secrets of the Jukebox
Marathon Mountain, Mount Marathon, whatever you want to call it personally I’d go with trail of death but I’m still feeling the burn in my calves so I’m a little biased here and not in the good way. A friend of mine told me about the waterfall halfway up and my brother and I decided …
The Wild Heart of Life 