Category Archives: Vagabonding 101

Skiing Is Believing

Posted on April 19, 2015 by

In October, I climbed Mount Saint Helens by moonlight and when I stood on the summit at sunrise, I felt the mountain rumble beneath my feet. On the way back down, sliding freely down the loose scree slope on the soles of my … Continue reading →

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Where Warm Waters Halt…On the Trail of Treasure in the Rocky Mountains!

Posted on February 16, 2015 by

“Where warm waters halt… where warm waters halt… where warm waters halt.” For two summers, I’ve been exploring the Rocky Mountains with those words on my mind. Why those four words in particular? Because I believe they lead to a … Continue reading →

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Finding D.O.G.

Posted on January 14, 2015 by

Six years ago today, I took a road trip to Monument Valley, near the Arizona – Utah border, and crossed paths with a spirit animal in the shape of a bedraggled dog. Keeping a skinny, filthy, half-wild mutt could have been a … Continue reading →

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Black Friday: You Save Even More When You Don’t Buy Anything At All…

Posted on November 28, 2014 by

In honor of Black Friday, here’s my aconsumerism post Conquering IKEA. Enjoy! And remember kids, you save even more when you don’t buy anything at all! My college apartment was amazing. Over the course of my three years there I … Continue reading →

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Washington Cascades: Mount Saint Helens by Moonlight

Posted on October 26, 2014 by

When I was a kid, my Uncle Frank gave me a jar of ash from the 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens. I wasn’t born yet when the mountain blew its top, but that jar of fine grey powder – … Continue reading →

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Ask the Blonde Coyote: What do I need to hit the road?

Posted on October 20, 2014 by

I’ve been getting so many lovely, thoughtful, inquisitive emails from people and I’m sorry to say it’s become impossible for me to answer all of them. Most of you want to hit the road – for a long weekend, for … Continue reading →

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Climb On Smith Rock, Part 2: Monkey Face!

Posted on October 11, 2014 by

In 2006, I was living in Oregon, working four days a week on an organic farm. The other three days I’d go exploring, taking trips to the coast, the river valleys, the Cascades, the eastern desert, enjoying the incredible diversity … Continue reading →

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Climb On Smith Rock: Part 1

Posted on October 8, 2014 by

Back in Jackson, Wyoming in July, I met a couple of guys at the laundromat who were living out of a VW van, hitting all the classic climbing spots from Kentucky to Alaska. They had just come down off the Grand … Continue reading →

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Hiking In Hunting Season

Posted on October 4, 2014 by

Fall is my favorite hiking season, with one major drawback: it’s also hunting season. I don’t have a problem sharing the woods with sportsmen, as long as they hunt responsibly, but being around flying bullets does tend to put me … Continue reading →

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Washington Cascades: Mount Adams!

Posted on September 26, 2014 by

I must admit an error. When I reposted the “Special Auction” post the other day, I was working on my phone, from a free campsite on the flank of Mount Adams and I neglected to remove the paragraph about this being … Continue reading →

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