Hasn’t been in the news lately but the Delta Fire, that began on Interstate 5, is still raging! Picture taken north end of Trinity Lake looking east.  Time for a rain dance!!

Does a Bear shit in the woods? Um…yes!

Texture & Intricacies – Mattole Beach Campground It’s easy to be swept away by the powerful vastness at Mattole Beach, where the river meets the sea.  The steep, near vertical King Range, that dominate & defiant set of mountains that gave birth to the Lost Coast, give way here. The Mattole River knocked & pounded … More Texture and Intricacies

Ask the Lizard – he knows – summer sun no more

Tales from Around the Campfire~ A tree fell in the woods AND… I HEARD IT! Crack,crack,CRACK, POP, pop-pop-pop thawump! It was dusk. I was watching the last of the day fade away. The air was very still with only the slightest hint of night drawing near. I was camped in the larger end of a … More A tree fell in the woods AND…

  Just back from a recent Portland trip to see my sweet family. Portland is a “wild” city; beautiful haphazard landscapes pour onto the sidewalks, flower stalks from faded blooms are left to reveal their own unique prettiness, plums have baked to prunes on the sidewalks, squirrels scold and scurry and the towering trees form … More Man vs. the Wild

As our little rock tracks around the sun the page of the calendar has been turned and we’ve stepped in to August. I get a bit anxious when this happens, it feels like summer is nearly over. The truth is there are 50 days until the Autumnal Equinox, put another way, a month and a … More I wandered into the woods and they took me for exactly who I am and it was real.