End of Road, Lake Clark National Park & Preserve. Alaska I’ve written on this before, but I seem to be attracted to roads with no return, no way back but to retrace my steps… paths and highways with nothing beyond… the end of the road…. that absolute final terminus. Washington’s Route 542 to Heather Meadows on the flank of Mt. Baker; Sagres, Portugal, the southwestern most tip of Europe (before the Age of Discovery, the edge of the known world); British Columbia’s Chilcotin Highway to Bella...

Main Salmon River, Idaho! River time… sitting on the banks of Idaho’s Main Salmon River, deep within the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness. Stunningly beautiful. Quiet. Remote. Sandy beaches, sun, with summer constellations twinkling above you each night (Cygnus, Lyra, Aquila, Scorpius, and Sagittarius), and clean, pure, and inexorable free-flowing water all around. It is a time for introspection, reflection, and an intense awareness and appreciation of place. Pre-Trip Morning. ...

Island In the Sky! North Cascades, WA. Sunday morning, and our day was set. Follow so many others to the garden store, stock up on plants, get everything we need to start pressure washing the house, cleaning the deck, and removing moss from, well… just about every surface here in the Pacific Northwest. And jumping into spring cleaning and the seemingly never-ending home maintenance. Shuksan Glacier! North Cascades, WA. All of that was rudely (and thankfully) short-circuited when my wife took...