Waking Up in the Wilderness: A Yellowstone Journey
Waking Up in the Wilderness is a Yellowstone travel memoir shaped by four decades of returning to one of America’s most iconic landscapes—and learning to see it differently each time.
Yellowstone has a way of teaching—and rewarding—attention. This book is an invitation to notice what is easily overlooked, to understand why it matters, and to discover how wilderness can quietly shape a life.
Yellowstone continues to shape the way I travel, the way I write, and the way I pay attention. Here you’ll find postcards, practical guides, and reflections gathered over decades of returning to America’s first national park.
5 Kid-Friendly Yellowstone Hikes
We started taking our kids out on Yellowstone's trails when they were tiny, as in four, eight, and fifteen months tiny. They went from being carried to toddling to running ahead and we went from being the pack animals who carried them to trying to keep up. These trails are kid-friendly hikes that our family has taken again and again. 5...
Postcard from Yellowstone: Roosevelt Arch
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...
Notable & Noteworthy: Spring
March is a quiet month in Yellowstone, not because there's nothing happening but because all but one road is closed and there is little human hubbub. April ... that's a different story. Still, these are two months during which I have not seen the park. What I know I've learned from others who know and love it well. Here's what's new and notable...
“There is a great deal of good to be learned from what we see every day, if we would but consider it.”
~ Matthew Henry
