If you’ve been around the church for a while, you’ve probably run across “prophets” – people full of judgment and condemnation who reveal others’ sins and call them to repentance, usually with anger and a sour expression. Actually, if you’ve…
The Waterfall in Lower Monarch Canyon
I’ve had my eye on Lower Monarch Canyon ever since I first read about it back c.2021. A perennial waterfall in the desert reached via a desert walk and hiking up a canyon? Yes, please! The Monarch Canyon Waterfall in…
Patreon August/September Featured Hikes – Zone 3 (Southwest) & Zone 4 (Rocky Mountain States)
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I Trust the One I Walk With
Last Saturday morning, I was drinking orange juice by the kitchen sink. At the table, two of my siblings were discussing an upcoming adventure. The general gist of the conversation was that my little brother was trying to stir up…
Walking Plymouth Harbor to Jenny Grist Mill
When I was in Massachusetts a few weeks ago, we spent an evening in Plymouth. The town is fairly commercialized, but I still found green spaces to wander. Actually, we started the evening with seafood platters at Wood’s Seafood (according…
Patreon August/September Featured Hikes – Zone 1 (Pacific Northwest) & Zone 2 (Northern Southwest)
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Where Pets can Hike in All 63 National Parks!
One of the most frequent gripes I hear from other hikers is that they can’t take their dogs into national parks. The truth is that most parks do severely limit pets on trails, but a few are very pet-friendly, and…
7 Ways to Lift Up Others Rather Than Pull Them Down
The other day, I was reading an article where someone was spouting their opinion on various cultures. To this young woman, there were two responses to a person’s success in life. In the first type of culture, if someone “made…
See the “New Wave” on the Beehive Trail
I went to the Beehive Trail outside of Page, Arizona, because someone online called it the “New Wave.” It was billed as a place where you can see formations like the famous Wave, only you don’t need a permit. Well,…
Hiking the Harvard Campus
When I was visiting Boston a few weeks ago, a friend asked if I’d like to walk around the Harvard campus. Yes, please! It turned out to be a lovely way to spend the later part of a hot summer…