Rendezvous with Fort Davis
Big Bend Ranch has a high barrier to entry. It takes 27 miles of off-roading to get to the Sauceda Ranger Station and Bunkhouse in the interior of the park. From there, the back roads to far away places such
A Simple Life on The Ranch
The most common question we get when we tell neighbors that we’re going off grid for few weeks to months is,“What do you do all day?” A week at the Magic Kingdom is as easy to understand as a week
Solitude in the Solitario
People do not live in the desert for good reason. The fact that there is a Phoenix, AZ and Las Vegas, NV is more a testament to human stupidity and greed than anything else. Wait until the water runs out.
Pilgrimage to Big Bend Ranch State Park
Vista del Bofecillos, deep in the interior of a remote and little known Texas outback, is not camping. The first night of the pilgrimage was definitely camping. With the T@G backed into a 60 feet concrete pad at Site 26
Florida Man flees spacious home to live in a box
Florida Man is an internet meme based on stories of Floridians exhibiting moronic and occasionally illegal behavior. The meme went viral in 2013 when Scott Simon butt dialed 911 and then discussed his plans for murder on the recorded line.
Blame it on Hatch
You might think it was the night of the living dead in MAD-rid, New Mexico that ended our #tentlife journey. A few zombies don’t bother us. In truth, we were already heading east towards home, at the mercy of the
Rest in Peace, Madrid
The New York Times gave us 36 hours in Santa Fe which we compressed into 18, but their suggestions for lodging were incompatible. Finding tent camping close to a major metropolitan area is tough once you rule out the overpasses
Into the Bisti Badlands
Looking out over the canyon we deliberated with Rand McNally, looking for routes that might provide a combination of visual euphoria, temperate weather and ways to satiate our thirst of high desert culture before returning to our snug, sea level
Turning Around
Twice as many climbers perish on the descent after summiting Mt. Everest than on the ascent. They don’t perish trying to summit, they perish because they miscalculated when to call it quits. One of the harder things to do in
Burning in the Black Rock Desert
Crossing Nevada on Interstate 80 is hypnotic. Unlike the Colorado Plateau, the landscape is devoid of exits, travel plazas, and otherworldly geography like the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon or Slickrock of Moab. Instead there are dark looming mountains in the