Pacific Crest: Mile 2650
There are times when words escape you. They fly away like a beaten army that failed to capture the moment. How can words convey a dream’s conclusion? I remember sitting […]
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Pacific Crest: Mile 2449
The clouds lifted overnight and we found ourselves in a mountain wonderland, lush evergreens and red fall colors rising on the flanks of giants. The mountains are different here, different […]
Pacific Crest: Mile 2284
I don’t want to close my eyes. I don’t want the day to end. I guess I’m afraid that I’ll never have a better one than this. I’m watching shooting […]
Pacific Crest: Mile 2006
This world feels unfinished, like the paint hasn’t quite dried. I walked for miles across an old lava flow. It was all thick, black rock, churned and spit out from […]
Pacific Crest: Mile 1804
It’s all about perception. I woke to rain drops falling on my face. It was 4 AM. I’d been sleeping under the large branches of a pine tree, their protective […]
Pacific Crest: Mile 1381
“…ready?” “No wait, just a second…” We were standing on top of Mt. Lassen, the sun had just slipped over the horizon, but still lit the sky in a vibrant […]
Pacific Crest: Mile 1289
Mid-air, flying into the unknown, my head spun back, staring at the trail I’d just left, trying to see where the rattlesnake went. This is how hikes end. I jumped […]
Pacific Crest: Mile 1036
The storm brought the power of heaven with it. Bolts ripped across the Crest. Thunder flooded the world with a sound that cut deep inside my heart. All of it […]
Pacific Crest: Mile 817
The Palisades rise across the valley. They are steep rocky peaks jutting skyward from a smooth granite slope. Below them, tossed like a pair of sapphires, sit their namesake lakes, […]
Pacific Crest: Mile 547
The aqueduct cuts across the desert in a straight, determined line. Nature doesn’t draw clean lines. It is an unnatural river of concrete flowing into L.A, pumping like a giant artery […]
