Someone once had big plans for an RV park on highway 190, just outside Death Valley National Park. They put in a paved loop with concrete pa...

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go —Green Day Different needs and desir...

I have a lot of time to think while I'm out hiking alone, like I did this morning. Mostly, I talk to myself. (Not out loud. Then oth...

Back in my scuba diving days, I was once down 140 feet. Now I've been to 282 feet below sea level. On land. It was easier.

We're packing it up here in the Alabama Hills and heading to Death Valley. I've never been there. Thumbs up for something new. I...

Jo, Lou and I have been camping together on and off for a few months. I left our camp in the Alabama Hills this morning and drove to a spot ...

If you're boondocking near Lone Pine, California, and you want a real shower, try the Whitney Portal Hostel at the corner of US395 an...

A front blew in off the Sierras creating interesting cloud formations

Spring and Autumn are seasons of change. Transitional seasons. Of the two, Autumn seems more honest, more trustworthy. “Look,” Autumn s...

> Author, photographer and digital media entrepreneur Justin W. Coffey shares Lessons Learned From a Year Living In a Van . (Warning: ...

Eclipses aren't the only cool lunar phenomena

I have only a pretty good camera. My lens zooms to only 135 millimeters, which is just about nothing when we're talking about the distan...

Never mind that temperatures have dropped. We had to get closer to Mt. Whitney. Drought conditions meant the road and trails were open al...

I wrote this twelve years ago while on vacation in Negril, Jamaica PRE-NAP CONTEMPLATION wobble-de-wobble wobble-de-wobble fan ab...