July 4th Road Trip – Part I: Silver City

We packed our three teens into the back seat of the truck, left the Columbia River Gorge, and took off through the wilting heat for southern Idaho.

Portland Pride 2013

It feels good to be in a city where most of the time strangers see you first as a human being, and second as whatever your outward appearance might be.

Backpacking to High Lake

That lake – a beautiful little 2.5 acre lake – was the busiest mountain lake I have ever seen.

Happenings at home

The sun gets up when I do now, and I can’t help but embrace the change in my circadian rhythms.

Elk Mountain Summit

I love being surprised, and that goes for just about anything. That includes randomly choosing a trail to hike, and having it turn out to be packed with views, challenges, variety, and shared with a great hiking partner. Arno asked if I had any suggestions on where to go for our Sunday hike. I pulled […]

Cubicle as Panopticon

The Panopticon states to its inmates: you are inferior to us and we have the right to observe and judge you in every aspect of your time here.

Klickitat River for Mother’s Day

We were both much better rested, much happier, and much stinkier by Sunday afternoon.

Home of the Troll Bridge: Forest Park

We did a 7 1/2 mile loop, which was enough to get the stir crazy out of my bones.

Oregon Tulips

I was desperate for something to help me re-direct my sour mood yesterday morning.

California Camping

That’s all I wanted to say: we had the best campsites during our road trip. It is very hard to choose a boring hotel bed over these places.