a wilderness journal

Sculpted sandstone at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Canyon de Chelly, a moderate-sized national monument in the northe...

One of the best ways to experience the National Parks is in the backcountry, off the beaten path. There is a time and place for the more c...

I’ve been in two very spectacular caves before in the western US: Lehman Cave at Great Basin National Park , and Oregon Caves Nationa...

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. White Sands National Monument in southern New Mexico was stunning and exceeded my expec...

Along the US-Mexico border, about 15 miles west of the border crossing between Lukeville , Arizona and Sonoyta , Mexico is the small oas...

Heading east from San Diego I descended into the hot Imperial Valley and the Sonoran Desert . Ocotillos appeared signaling entry into th...

Felimeda macfarlandi , a chromodorid nudibranch at Cambria. This month I’m repeating my spring road trip through the southwest, but op...