After my trip to Bryce Canyon, I loaded the truck with Marneé, my father, my mother and friend Bob and headed into the heart of the Staircase-Escalante National Monument. We …
Bryce Canyon: The Red Wonder of the World
On my trip to Escalante, Utah this past year, Marnee Banks and I, along with my father, checked out Bryce Canyon National park. I normally drive right past this tourist …
Skiing the Tobacco Root Mountains: North Meadow Creek
My buddy Tom was heading in three days earlier, so we made a plan for him to pick me up at the trailhead of North Meadow Creek in the Tobacco …
Small creek fishing: The Little Prickly Pear
Sometimes when the fishing on the Missouri River isn’t as fruitful as promised, a little side trip up one of the many small creeks that feed the “grand ol’ river” …
Glacier National Park: Gunsight Lake to Lake Ellen Wilson
I had the pleasure of visiting one of my favorite places in the world, Glacier National Park. It was August of 2011 and the passes had just lost their last …
Floating into the heart of the desert: Kayaking the Escalante River
In the spring of 2011, I had the opportunity of a lifetime to run the isolated and magical Escalante River. For 11 months of the year, it is hardly a …