Jump to the recipe… I don’t know why I hadn’t tried this combination of flavors for my jerky before now, but this is the bomb. I love capers. I love capers on the trail. When I need a salty, tangy taste they are perfect. So I thought, why not in my jerky? #groundturkey #capers…
Spring Break Road Trip Day 3: Lyin’ Down At Horseshoe, Tiger Beetles, and Bear Right At Wild Cows, Oh My!
Editor Note: If you thought Day 2 was a long day, get ready for Day 3. If you have only been following along to get to our visit to Supai and Havasupai Falls, today is when that adventure itself begins with camping at the trailhead. But there was a whole day of fun before we…
Paleo Polenta or Grits
Jump to the recipe… Editor’s Note: If you start reading through this recipe and think, “Geez, that’s a lot of work I really don’t want to do”, never fear! Since making paleo grits from scratch, I have found out you can actually just buy them already prepared in the store. In fact, (You Won’t Believe…
Spring Break Road Trip Day 2, Part 2: Queen of Bryce, Hoodoo Groot, and A Tarp
When I left you in Spring Break Road Trip Day 2,Part 1: Angel of Zion and More Weeping, we were leaving Zion National Park an driving towards Bryce National Park. We drove out of Las Vegas about 24 hours ago and our goal is to hit as many fun things as we can before our…
Spring Break Road Trip Day 2, Part 1: The Angel of Zion and More Weeping
As you can imagine, I was up bright and early today. Nothing over my head to block the brightening of the sky and sheer anticipation (dread?) of what the rest of my trip will bring. Do these things come in threes? I had told Denise the night before that I wanted to get up as early…
North Cascades Trail Skills College
Okay, this is a shameless plug for trail work on the Pacific Crest Trail. Have you thought about doing some trail maintenance this year but aren’t sure where to start? Feeling a little intimated? It was just a year ago that I did and a friend talked me into coming to the trail skills college…





