Paria Canyon, a reminder of why we read, and what’s lost when we don’t.
While hiking in the Vermilion Cliffs, I dive into the ancient geological epochs that created these rainbows of stone
On the Road to a small desert spring, I investigate the border wall and the case for resurrecting a Transboundary Preserve.
My ongoing project to sketch every cactus in the Desert Southwest and the United States.
Road trip to the Hatch Chili Festival in Southern New Mexico.
Kayaking the Salton Sea to the tiny seaside town.
Exploring the LA River by road and kayak, with notes on my 14 years living in the city.
Notes on ecological devastation and salvation along the New River in Southern California.
Notes on the rich desert tapestry of Anza-Borrego in Southern California.
You want to hear about a hotel nightmare? Notes from Panamint Valley, California.
Notes on my travels to Joshua Tree National Park and the Western Mojave of Southern California.
Notes from a desert California outpost, and the weird rocky world of the Searles lakebed.
Exploring the idea of travel and limitations during some of the amazing wildflower blooms in California history.
A few years ago, I decided to cross Las Vegas by skateboard, and then write about it.
We are walking on a hard, sandy soil when suddenly my boy shrieks in pain.
Notes on the pupfish of Death Valley and the Desert Southwest.
Notes on my frantic road trip across the dazzling desert Plateus of Utah and Arizona.
Notes on traveling to the Coyote Buttes during surreal winter weather.