I was able to get in one more trip out into the desert before returning home to Alaska. Spending time out in the desert like this–just listening to breeze, watching the shadows and the light, seeing all the plants quietly doing their thing–recharged a part...
In this video I solo camp in a small cave in the desert where I’m able to watch the day turn to night within the glow of my fire. This is place I used to come to often back when I lived here in Arizona. Even now that I’ve moved up to Alaska, my thoughts...
A recent trip to Arizona gave me the opportunity to revisit some of my old desert wandering grounds and refresh my soul a little. I’ve been in Alaska for over a year now, and it’s amazing here, but the desert will always hold something special for me. In...
In this video, I camp in the solitude of the mountains, hike along glacier streams, explore the wild coastline of Alaska, and get a solid dose of wandering on. This adventure started as sort of a spontaneous “hit the road and get into Nature” kind of trip....
During a wandering session in the beautiful Alaskan mountains, I heard rumors of a nearby trail being flooded to the point that it was “like a jungle.” The idea of sloshing my way through the mountains seemed like a fun enough idea that I rerouted my...
Now that I’m here in Alaska, I need to learn which plants I want to forage during the different times of the year. For this trip, I focused my search on fiddlehead ferns, fireweed, spruce tips, and alder leaves. There’s plenty of options here–both in...
