Wilderness

Over the years, an accumulation of albums, photographs, and journal entries was collected for family, friends, and personal remembrance. Much of that content appears in this area to share with you what those experiences were.

Angle of Repose

Angle of Repose

Cliffs of Kings Canyon There are times when out and about the trail just vanishes. Or at best becomes sketchy. The Windy Cliffs upside the mountain in Kings Canyon is ... Read More
Singular Meaning

Singular Meaning

High Desert Summit Another long walk back. From a high desert summit plateau just West of the Mojave. Places like this help me with perspective about individual significance and value ... Read More
Laid Bare

Laid Bare

Large Fallen Sequoia While out exploring Sequoia forests, you're going to come upon meadows here and there. And sometimes among those meadows are Sequoias that have fallen and lay in ... Read More
Road & River

Road & River

The Kings River at the Bottom of Kings Canyon The Kings River runs along the bottom of Kings Canyon. Much of it alongside a two-lane paved road down to the ... Read More
Dana Meadows

Dana Meadows

Dana Meadows in full view from the Gaylor Lakes Trail. Yosemite high country about a mile above Tioga Pass. With mild overcast weather yet without any wind, but a pleasant ... Read More
Far Less Traveled

Far Less Traveled

Eagle Peak Above Hamilton Lake - Sierra Nevada Mountains A route far less traveled. A path much less followed. Along the ridge from one summit to another. Much of its ... Read More
Precipice Lake

Precipice Lake

At Kaweah Gap, there is this widely familiar monolithic and natural structure along the route. A few days casual hike into the wilderness. Alongside Precipice Lake is this standing cliff ... Read More
Forest for the Trees

Forest for the Trees

This is why there is sometimes the false choice of seeing the forest through the trees. To dismiss detail, beauty, and a way to go. Where there is shelter, safety, ... Read More
Fresh Perspective

Fresh Perspective

"The true ownership of the wilderness belongs in the highest degree to those who love it most." - John Muir Still waters in Yosemite. On a clear and beautiful day ... Read More