Places I Go

Floating Big Sugar

Posted on Jul 27, 2009 in Day / Weekend Trips, Rural America | 4 comments

Floating Big Sugar

This weekend we organized an expedition of sorts to get our kayaks out on a new river (new to me at least). We picked Big Sugar Creek near Pineville because it’s A)close B)scenic and C)void of most of the party scene found further downstream on the Elk River. The first day we floated...

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Transformers and Jordan

Posted on Jun 29, 2009 in Places I Go | 3 comments

I tend to get really worked up when I see places I’ve been in movies. Some more than others. If it’s something like the Santa Monica Pier, then it’s not all that exciting because it’s in every movie and tons of people have been there. Yesterday I saw Transformers and part...

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Devil’s Punchbowl, CA

Posted on Feb 20, 2009 in USA | 0 comments

Devil’s Punchbowl, CA

Matt and I took a quick trip to LA to do some hiking and hang out with some old friends from my days in the City of Angels.

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Snow Hiking

Posted on Feb 2, 2009 in Daily Grind, My Thoughts On..., Places I Go, Rural America | 0 comments

Saturday was an unusual day… snow on the ground, but temps in the 60s. I thought it would be a good opportunity to do some hiking, so Matt and I took a quick trip down to the Mark Twain National Forest near Cassville. We were planning to hike to a really cool natural bridge rock formation we...

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Ozark Highlands Trail

Posted on Oct 24, 2008 in Day / Weekend Trips, Photography | 0 comments

Ozark Highlands Trail

Matt and I went down to Arkansas to hike on the Ozark Highlands Trail.

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Riding the Katy Trail

Posted on Sep 29, 2008 in Day / Weekend Trips, Photography, Rural America | 0 comments

Riding the Katy Trail

Since I first became aware of the Katy Trail sometime in the mid to late 1990′s it has been a goal of mine to eventually ride the entire trail end to end. Over the years I would occasionally cross the trail driving somewhere, or even ride a short section from time to time. This year I...

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