Outdoors
In the mountains, deserts, forests, and on the water.
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Oh I Am Sick of Brick and Stone
A wind’s in the heart of me, a fire’s in my heels, I am tired of brick and stone and rumbling wagon-wheels; I hunger for…
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Long Trails
The open road still softly calls, like a nearly forgotten song of childhood. I was curious if someone has made a list of long-distance hiking…
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The Silent Men Who Do Things
Have you gazed on naked grandeur where there’s nothing else to gaze on, Set pieces and drop-curtain scenes galore, Big mountains heaved to heaven, which…
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Happiness Only Real When Shared
Interstate 80 crosses the Sierra Nevada at Donner Pass. One semi-trailer truck follows the next in a near-continuous train, connecting the mighty economy of California…
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Two Good Lakes
I like people but I don’t like crowds. I don’t actually mind crowds either if they don’t cause congestion. Some crowding in a subway station…