Blue Lake above Lake Sabrina in the John Muir Wilderness of California is probably best known as a backpacking destination. However, it makes a great dayhike and was one of the prettiest mid-length hike of the High Sierra trails I…
How I Edit my Photos!
ver the last many years, I’ve managed to collect an extremely powerful collection of free and open-source programs. A few of my favorites include GIMP (Photoshop alternative), DaVinci Resolve (for videos), LibreOffice (still learning it, though it’s pretty close to…
Choosing More than Right or Wrong
When we first start following Jesus, most of our decisions are based on choosing between right and wrong. How should we answer the person speaking to us? What should we do in this situation? What would Jesus do? We want…
A Little Visit to Broadway, Nashville
So I did a thing. If you follow my blog at all, you know it’s not my normal thing. But during a cousin’s weekend in Nashville, we went down to Broadway and visited some of the famous country singers’ bars.…
Talking with God (About Anything!)
When I was in school, we used a curriculum from a fairly conservative Christian publisher. I won’t say we didn’t have some good laughs over the English assignments about why rock music and communists were of the devil. We also…
Driving the Echo Canyon Road
Echo Canyon Road may be one of the most popular 4×4 roads in Death Valley (outside of the Racetrack Road). It certainly is convenient and beautiful and offers great views, an arch, and a little bit of adventure. In recent…
Patreon Featured Hikes – Zone 9 (Appalachians) & Zone 10 (New England & Atlantic Coast)
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Taking Thoughts Captive (It’s Not Exhausting!)
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 says, “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to…
Visit Two Arches in Wiregrass Canyon
There are two slot canyons (among others, I’m sure) along the Smokey Mountain Road east of Big Water, Utah: Resurrection Canyon (my favorite) and Wiregrass Canyon (much more popular and easier to find). In this post, I’ll focus on Wiregrass…
Patreon Featured Hikes – Zone 7 (Eastern Mountains) & Zone 8 (Southeast & Gulf States))
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