I've been spending a lot of time in remote areas of the desert lately. Often overlooked, these spartan areas are stunningly beautiful in my …
John Dvorak
Great Hikes: Painted Canyon in Mecca Hills Wilderness
Painted Canyon is a desert wash with tall canyon walls on each side. For desertphiles that enjoy hiking, the Painted Canyon area in the …
Great Hikes: Reaching the Summit of Lake Tahoe Basin
View of Lake Tahoe from the summit of Freel Peak, elevation 10,881. You can't say you've stood on top of Lake Tahoe unless you've been to …
Guest Post: Bend’s Bunk + Brew
This is Frankie, the owner of the new Bunk + Brew hostel in Bend, Oregon. Frankie gets credit for being an incredible host while I stopped …
Adventures of a first-time Rockhound
Like most people, I used to think of rocks as being just that, rocks. That belief swiftly changed during a road trip through Oregon and …
The 2019 Roadie Video
https://youtu.be/V6ipsiixGaQ Drone footage from my 2019 road trip. In August of 2019, I spent two weeks on the road traveling through …
Great Hikes: Photographing Shasta from summit of Mt. Eddy
View of Mt. Shasta from summit of Mt. Eddy My primary purpose for hiking to the top of Mt. Eddy was to photograph Mt. Shasta. Enjoying …
Photo Gallery: 2019 Summer Road Trip
Here's my favorite images from two weeks on the road during the summer of 2019. I drove 3000 miles across California, Oregon and Nevada. …
Cool Campsites: Spend a Night on the Crooked River’s Chimney Rock section
The canyon narrows as you enter the Crooked River's Chimney Rock section. The Crooked River runs over 100 miles through Oregon's …