For two months now I’ve traveled with my newly acquired Casita trailer. Most of this time has been spent in the company of friends and cordial strangers. I’ve camped along the Pacific shores and Redwood trees of Northern California, enjoying the gestalt of grey skies and emerald forests, so different from the Southwest deserts that […]
In this era of global connectivity, universal confinement is something new in the human experience. For many it brings intolerable boredom and chastening pangs of mortal dread. Others pass the time with hobbies, chores, projects… finally cleaning out that attic or the garage. Zoom meetings and binge-watching are high on the list of activities these […]
A few days ago, I left the Colorado River in Arizona and made my way up to southern Nevada. I found a lovely spot to set up camp on BLM land, about six miles from the Valley of Fire. Remote and peaceful, I plan to spend some time here writing, exploring and taking photographs. I […]
With winter coming to the high plains of northern New Mexico, I broke camp and headed for southern Arizona. On the road again, it feels like another person has emerged from within me, one charged with vitality and curiosity, joined with every passing moment, celebrating all that I encounter. You meet people you never saw before […]
Sometimes one conversation can change your whole life. One evening not too long ago I received a phone call at my home in Topanga, California. When I picked up the receiver to say ‘hello’, there were a few moments of silence. Then… “Hello, Bob?” I hadn’t heard that voice in many years, but I knew […]