This week I took a quick solo road trip to Moab, Utah to explore some trails and see the southwest under a light dusting of snow (it’s hot as heck in Moab 6-9 months per year). I know every guidebook says to only go there March-October, but I’d been watching the weather for weeks and …
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The Milky Way
When I was 19, my uncle Joe—who lived in Arizona—asked if I wanted to join his twice-yearly backpacking trip down into the Grand Canyon. I’d never hiked more than a couple miles in my life, and he was asking if I wanted to sign on to pretty serious trip: five days of hiking about 40 …