So, say you've got an old parts truck just sitting there. Say you're the type of guy who likes to build things, and that you have ...

There are relatives and non-nomadic friends who have a hard time understanding how I can wander around, usually by myself. All alone. With...

Back in October I posted about the lighting in the Rolling Steel Tent. I've realized since then that I don't use the lights very ...

If you should find yourself in central Colorado in the summer, heading west on I-70, you might want to time things so that you pass thro...

It started with rain. Then the mosquitoes. Then more rain, which at least sent the mosquitoes into hiding. Then a nightmare that was s...

The other evening was like many others I've experienced in the past. It was early evening, with about four hours of daylight left, and...

Too much heat in one direction, too much rain in the other. So I'm back near Leadville, by Twin Lakes. (The lakes are on the other sid...

The campground host warned that a bear had been around lately. I figured it was a perfect time to set up my trail camera. I didn't g...

This is West Chicago Creek near Idaho Springs, Colorado, where people like to scramble their place names to confuse outsiders.

There was a time when someone could say, "Hey, let's build a road to the top of one of the highest mountains around here," ...

While Leadville is North America's highest incorporated city , Alma is the highest incorporated town . When you're a tiny village...

I was boondocking along the road to Weston Pass, near Fairplay, Colorado, when I realized, whooo... boy... the air is kinda thin up here. ...

I wasn't very familiar with Colorado until this month. I'd blasted through on I-70 a couple of times in years past. I'd been i...

1. Frustration I was out of the canyons and back to a place with cell service. Two bars of 4G on the phone, one bar of 4G on my JetPack. ...

We know this thanks to a series of Loony Tunes . Who says years of cartoon watching will make us (more) stupid?