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Category Archives: Vagabonding 101
Skiing Is Believing
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
Posted in Bowie & D.O.G., Hiking!, Photography, Road tripping!, Sustainable Living, Uncategorized, Vagabonding 101
Tagged Big Sky, Montana, skiing
16 Comments
Where Warm Waters Halt…On the Trail of Treasure in the Rocky Mountains!
“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
Finding D.O.G.
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
Posted in Appalachian Trail, Bowie & D.O.G., Hiking!, New Mexico, Photography, Road tripping!, Vagabonding 101
Tagged adoption, Monument Valley, stray dog
23 Comments
Black Friday: You Save Even More When You Don’t Buy Anything At All…
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
Posted in Road tripping!, Sustainable Living, Teardrop Trailer, Uncategorized, Vagabonding 101
Tagged Black Friday, consumerism, IKEA
12 Comments
Washington Cascades: Mount Saint Helens by Moonlight
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
Posted in Hiking!, Photography, Road tripping!, Uncategorized, Vagabonding 101
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Ask the Blonde Coyote: What do I need to hit the road?
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
Climb On Smith Rock, Part 2: Monkey Face!
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
Posted in Hiking!, Photography, Road tripping!, Sustainable Living, Teardrop Trailer, Vagabonding 101
Tagged aid climbing, climbing, Monkey Face, Oregon, Smith Rock, sport, trad
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Climb On Smith Rock: Part 1
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
Posted in Bowie & D.O.G., Hiking!, Photography, Road tripping!, Sustainable Living, Teardrop Trailer, Vagabonding 101
Tagged Misery Ridge, Oregon, Smith Rock, sport climbing
9 Comments
Hiking In Hunting Season
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
Washington Cascades: Mount Adams!
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
Posted in Bowie & D.O.G., Hiking!, Photography, Road tripping!, Teardrop Trailer, Uncategorized, Vagabonding 101
Tagged Cascades, Mount Adams, mountaineering, Washington
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