Notes from Nowhere

Medicine Bow Hike

  Yesterday I managed to get in an hourlong hike in-between two heavy rainfalls. First honest hike for, well, a very very long time. Yup, basically…

Video Wednesday

Greetings from southern Wyoming. I’m situated mas o menus halfway between Cheyanne and Laramie within the Medicine Bow National Forest. Below are a 360 of my…

Badlands

The Badlands

  I’ve heard from a couple of folks asking how the Badlands got its name. Now that I’ve been there I know. Two reasons. 1) Biting…

Rushmore et al

I don’t do much tourist stuff but this stop is an exception. Deadwood: Nothing more than a tourist trap Sturgis: Still a tourist trap, but it’s…

Musical Epiphanies

I stumbled onto a recent clip yesterday  of Elton John interviewing Joni Mitchell. She mentioned one of her musical epiphanies, a 1959 record titled The Hottest…

Hi

Continuing to wait out the winter. Spent new year’s eve with friends near Pam Springs then a couple of weeks just outside Joshua Tree (sounds romantic…