Seven Shades of Blue: Coming Home

Seven Shades of Blue: Coming Home

The Moment I Came Home: For the first decade or so of living in Bayfield, all I did was leave. I was writing full time for magazines like National Geographic Traveler, Backpacker, Reader’s Digest, and traveling all over the world to “places.” It was exciting but...
Mountains Of Faith

Mountains Of Faith

Return to Articles Mountains Of Faith Published as “I Cried Out Aloud For You” in the June 2002 issue of Backpacker. Chosen to be featured in Best Adventure Writing 2002 (Avalon Press). The nameless lake sits at 11,400 feet in Wyoming’s Fitzpatrick...
Canyon Morning

Canyon Morning

Return to Articles Canyon Morning It was dawn. She knew it even before she opened her eyes; a softening of the light, a feeling more than anything. Being careful not to disturb me, she laid back the single sleeping bag we had tossed over ourselves against the night’s...
Search for Perfect Beauty

Search for Perfect Beauty

Return to Articles Search for Perfect Beauty Originally published in the May/June 2000 issue of National Geographic Traveler. Winner of a “Gold Medal” as “Best Adventure Travel Story” in the 2000 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards sponsored by the Society of...