“All these years the people said he’s acting like a kid. He did not know he could not fly, so he did.” I’m not a country music fan by today’s definition. I don’t go in for Nashville or...
12,101 feet—“One wrong step and you’re dead,” I thought. The clouds whipped around the peak, blurring the line between Earth and sky. The clouds were to blame. They were to blame for the low visibility and the slick,...
“It’s my birthday in 12 minutes,” Ludacris shouted. “Y’all know what we do on birthdays!” We put our hands in the air. And they stayed there. But long before James and I wound up at an unexpected southern...
I remember the crack of gunfire and the smell of powder in the air. I remember the day this all began. The sawdust left a trail to the bullet holes behind my desk. That was over 1,400 days...
It was all good until the naked hippie showed up. That, I decided, was a sign. It was time to go. Not that I have a problem with naked hippies. It’s just that the overweight, middle-aged man sauntering...
They call it Dark Angel. It stands sentinel over the Devil’s Garden. Surrounded by stone arches, this lone, 150-foot tower marks the beginning of the garden’s primitive trail—the place where footsteps disappear, hikers become sparse and your guide...
Darkness was closing fast, and our time was running out. A raven called in the blackening canyon. Canyonlands National Park covers over 500-square miles of red, Utah desert. Driving between its borders can require hours of time and...
The Milky Way comes to the ball in a lavender dress. It dances all night long. You can see the show for free if your tickets are up high. Ours were at 8,500 feet. The first shot came...
A black cat with one eye is my bunk buddy. Life couldn’t be better. But life almost wasn’t. “I saw her in the CCU in bad shape. Joe and I saw the baby, ate, and I slept in...
The doctor, the father and the girl lie buried under stone, forgotten in an aspen grove near the old town’s ruins. An unmarked grave is almost all that remains of their tale. These hills were rough then, and...
