Day 3: Abiquiu to Vallecito (152 miles) According to Wikipedia, US-84 started as ‘a short Georgia–Alabama route in its original 1926 scheme.’ By 1941 it was extended to Pagosa Springs, CO via Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and New Mexico. From Austin, you join US-84 just west of Sweetwater, near Roscoe*. …

Day 2: Clovis to Abiquiu (239 miles) [Route Here] I’m so thankful to be in the high desert this evening. Between the panhandle heat/dust storms and an unrelenting New Mexico wind I have been beaten up by the road. When I reached Abiquiu my body demanded I slow down. …

5/28/22: Austin to Clovis (448 miles) (this is a youtube link, ppl) They say blog journaling is so 2022, so here I am tumblring onto the train via a hotel room in Clovis, NM. I had hoped to be writing this poolside after the long drive, but: Anyone who knows…

My Shadow Peak, Cave, & Battle Cry — On August 31st, 2020 I started a five day adventure in the Weminuche Wilderness. Here’s a piece of that story: The Healing Place Finally on my way to yes I bump into all the places where I said no to my life all the untended wounds the red and purple scars those hieroglyphs of pain carved into my…

Via Purgatory, a Butterfly Leaves Wisdom — On August 31st, 2020 I started a five day adventure in the Weminuche Wilderness. What lies below is a part in my journey: I started out in search of ordinary things How much of a tree bends in the wind? I started telling the story without knowing the end I…

A Porcupine, The People, & my persona — On August 31st, 2020 I started a five day adventure in the Weminuche Wilderness. What lies below is a part in my journey: Ute Mythology: Porcupine Hunts Buffalo In olden days when mostly animals roamed this earth, a Porcupine set out to track some buffalo. He asked the buffalo chips, “How long have you been…

A Sunday Story for August 16th, 2020. Last Saturday, masked up on a social distant grocery run, I stared down a rudely displayed endcap of Oktoberfest beer. I was annoyed for a couple of reasons: 1) From my German perspective: Oktoberfest does not begin for another seven weeks. That. is…