Hidden Bookstore

I have one rule about sudden staircases. You must go up them. As evidenced in my post about Green Lake, I’m not hesitant to do so.

City Pics | A Day In Rockland, Maine

For me, capturing a place in a few photos is all about characters. When I went back to review my Rockland photos, I realized none of them were of the downtown buildings or streets.

Green Lake Was Neat

The trail is still. Sweat trickles down my back, although there’s a ton of shade. Somewhere in the distance, I hear two women softly speaking spanish.

Sweatin’ Up Piestewa Peak in Phoenix

Remember the Butter episode of Seinfeld, when Kramer sits on the roof slathered in, yeah, you guessed it. Well, when I climbed Piestewa Peak (2,610 feet) in Phoenix last May, I had similar sentiments.

The Dude Abides in Reykjavik

When you hop over to a foreign country, you just wanna grab a cold one, right? Meet up with some cool kids that probably won’t steal your passport or leave you tied to a flag pole or anything?

That Time I Hitch-Hiked To Vatnajökull

This story is one of my favorites, and the inspiration for my kick ass mountain tattoo. I’ve been asked many times what the tattoo symbolizes. I always have the same response. A grin, then a tale about exhaustion, two Icelandic mountain men, and a little bit of drifty magic.