Waking Up in the Wilderness: A Yellowstone Journey
Are you an armchair traveler, outdoor adventurer, or national park enthusiast? Are you ready to trek across Yellowstone through the pages of a book?
If so, this may be the book for you.
It’s more than an adventure story about me and my family doing what we love in a place we love with people we love. It’s a sign pointing beyond all that and saying, “Look at this!” so you can see what there is to see for yourself.
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Writing Tools I Use
Writing involves more than writing. The writing life involves a lot of reading and observing. Most of my writing is done at my desk, and I occasionally get to spend a few happy hours writing outside in Yellowstone. These are a few of the go-to items I use for writing--at home and in the field. The Pentel RSVP Ballpoint Fineline is my long-time...
My 5 Favorite Yellowstone Stops
After a summer of working in Yellowstone and four decades of annual visits to the park, a trip to Yellowstone feels like going home. This is at once a blessing and a curse. With so many places to revisit, check in on, and catch up with, it’s hard to branch out to new things. That said, I'd like to few of my favorite Yellowstone stops. My...
Postcard from Yellowstone: Bobby Socks Trees
Once upon a time, I worked in Yellowstone—at the Old Faithful Inn Gift Shop, where I spent part of each day restoring the great wall of postcards. These days, the postcard wall is smaller, which makes me sad. Postcards are more than souvenirs. They’re a way of looking at the small stuff, of noticing and sharing why a place matters. With that, a...
Waking up in the Wilderness is honored to be included in the Inspired by Yellowstone Artist Series.
“There is a great deal of good to be learned from what we see every day, if we would but consider it.”
~ Matthew Henry
