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There are some places that photographs simply cannot prepare you for. Zion National Park was one of those places for me. This was the only park we spent two days in, AND returned to for a few hours prior to heading back to Las Vegas for our flight home.
I had seen some pictures before the trip—the towering red cliffs, the winding Virgin River, the narrow canyon walls st...
Any vacation or time away from routine alters movement.
An illness, injury, or just plain burnout also alters movement.
It can feel almost impossible to restart exercise after any of these things (good or bad): the body adapts to inactivity just as powerfully as it adapts to movement. Add in an aging body…
“An object at rest stays at rest” may be a law of ph...
While Mike and I were traveling through the desert Southwest, we saw TONS of motorcycles, everything from Hondas to BMWs, to Harley Davidsons. There were dirt bikes, road bikes, touring bikes, full out adventure bikes.
I didn’t think too much of it, until we were eating dinner at a restaurant near Bryce Canyon and a table of about 12 people, men and women in full leathe...
Driving through southern Utah feels like stepping onto another planet. The red rock cliffs rise out of the earth like ancient monuments, shaped by wind, water, time, and silence. In places like Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park, the landscape looks almost stripped down to its essentials — stone, sky, heat, and light. There’s very little softness there. No dens...
As I age, I seem to be stressing more and more about “new” things - anxiety grows with each passing thought of stepping out of my comfort zone. I like the day to day. I like knowing what to expect. I like the K N O W N…
Because of this, there’s a real potential to avoid new things, new friendships, new experiences. This particular kind of avoidance isn’t talked about mu...