I’ll be heading to Salmon River country on Monday 7/9.  My Dad had a nearly fanatical love for public land. I do too! It’s ours peeps, use it or we may lose it! (Sadly this is happening right now with our current political administration)!

July 4, 2018 In the past week of “nature bathing” I had one event that stood like towering a tree above the all others; pitching my tent in the secret camp spot of camping extraordinaire “Otter”. Otter had sought the “perfect” camp location for years she told me, as we dipped in the river and … More Nature Bathing

Leaving tomorrow for the South Fork Trinity…. and places beyond. I’ll be back next week for a day or two and then off again… Here’s your assignment while I’m away: Spend at least 6 collective hours OUTDOORS in the next seven days and share your FAVORITE experience or picture here!  Have Fun! Love you all.

June 23 2018 I went to the mountains. Left the familiarity of the coast, went east. I went through burnt forests, crossed serpentine ridges, splashed in a creek or two. I gazed at the swallowtails feeding on flowers, remarked at the conifers, breathed. Deep down I just sort of knew I was looking for something.  … More When I grow up I want to be just like Alice

….From the mountains (around the Trinity Alps) Check out Rider in a field of daisies in Lower Canyon Creek Meadow.

Tuesday night I went on a “Date with Nature” at Patrick’s Point State Park. Although I’ve camped here before a few times it still felt like a blind date. I wasn’t expecting too much. The State Parks are usually a bit too manicured and too busy with visitors to satisfy my craving for wild and … More Finding the Wild in a Park

I dreamt I was on a raft floating in a tranquil small pond. Such a peaceful dream I didn’t want to wake from. It took hours before sleep graced me with her presence, the drumming of the rain on the nylon tent walls a deafening kind of torture.  I tried to find joy in the … More Why don’t you just go home?

I’m super pumped about my new refillable 5 lb propane tank to fuel my camp stove! This little tank will replace the need to use the disposable small green canisters. This just plain suits me and my ethics better! To read more about other refillable options click here.