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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Hiking Gear We Use
I know of a few winter hikers. For most of us, though, hiking is an activity left to the more temperate seasons. With spring upon us, I wanted to share some things we're gathering for the coming hiking season. Hiking/Trekking Poles: In terms of stability and speed, hiking poles changed my hiking game for the good. Mine are old and nothing...
Postcard from Yellowstone | Clear Lake
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...
Lesson from Midlife | New Footing for a New Life
Early this winter, before the cold set in and the snow headed south (both with a vengeance, I might add), I wore my hiking boots to a basketball game. This is significant because, up until that evening, I had never worn those boots anywhere but Yellowstone. That night, though, it was snowing—a thick, clingy snow that turned the roads and...
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
