Notes
Field notes
One note per trip post, dated to the day it went up. Miles and wildlife stay as we wrote them.
Grand Teton hikes we repeat
ChatGPT read our palms
Ouray Via Ferrata
My wife’s favorite words
Many Glacier
Teton days with kids, and where we look for wildlife
Lake Solitude
The backpack became a moth hotel
Leigh Lake
The best bench in the U.S.
The strap ripped at the trailhead
Three days on the Colorado
The best campsites usually aren’t in campgrounds
Jackson Hole Aerial Tram
A UTV into the Uintas
How many days in Grand Teton
Teton sunrise, without the usual mistake
Don’t treat Inspiration Point like the finish line
What we tell our friends before they go
Pizza by the water
A little Grand Teton magic
Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
Ruby and Westwater
He missed the plot
South Willow Lake
Andris found the quicksand
Cracker Lake
Black Lake
Elite trail parkour
Night Lights, twelve years
Siyeh Pass
Hangry in Zion
Zion on e-bikes
The betrayal is real
A private drive-in in the Utah desert
Four days, forty-two miles
That’s the whole point
We thought we understood quicksand
Ice Lakes Basin
Crack in the Wall
The best views aren’t always at the summit
Candle ice
Fairy wings, vibe check
The Glacier trails we repeat
Silver Lake, American Fork
Twenty-five bears in one May day
Chili mac on the salt flats
I think I’m in danger
Colorado in October
Grand Teton photo dump
Postcards from Colorado
The Yosemite backpacking trip
Bear Lake from Salt Lake
A little trip to the beach
Our first annual larch march
A weekend in the Mount Baker Wilderness
Cinque Terre in two days
Florence in 48 hours
Behind the waterfalls at Silver Falls
Sun shirts at Leigh and Taggart
Sunset on the salt flats
Favorites from our last Glacier trip
Wildflower season at Great Basin
Goblin Valley
Nine years together
Pinard Falls
Utah’s superbloom
What I packed for Havasupai
Four days that looked like the Caribbean
Takin’ a dip
Carlsbad Flower Fields
Valley of Fire
Reaching for the Sony
Sedona in the snow
An anniversary that will be hard to top
Sunset at Kerry Park
Sunrise and sunset in the Badlands
Thirteen miles for Glacier Point to ourselves
Puffins in Iceland
Day two: the Golden Circle
Back from Iceland
Camping in the Alabama Hills
Burnt feet in Death Valley
An abandoned water park
The Fire Wave
Valley of Fire when it’s already 90
Welcome to my crib
Fonts Point
Firefall
Ice Castles in Midway
A random day at Brighton
Let it snow
First sunrise in the US
Mount Willard
Day five in the White Mountains
Coffee before the Freedom Trail
A morning walk with my dad
New friends at Bar W
Icy walk to Logan Pass
Grand Prismatic Spring
Sometimes I wear real clothes
Uncrowded lakes at Rainier
Sunrise on the Highline
Old Faithful, twice
The Sinopah on Two Medicine Lake
A side trip on the Beartooth
The weather cannot make up its mind
Pulling out the warm clothes
Farewell, Oregon
Montana, I miss you already
Sometimes we take pictures together
The Painted Hills, and the lab behind the glass
Altitude hit me at Paradise
Two volcanoes in one reflection
Idaho hot springs, early
Polebridge, then Kintla Lake
Chalky blue water and two moose
The Great Gum Wall
Colchuck Lake
Lake Crescent without the smoke
Can you peep Andris?
Icicle Ridge
Anniversary number seven, on the rock
Reindeer in Leavenworth
Coffee, a rocking chair, a mountain
My favorite waterfall in Oregon
Dog Mountain for the flowers
Our favorite stretch-your-legs spot in Joshua Tree
Seven years
Ape Cave
Misery Ridge
Ready to go back already
Seven days off
Grilled cheese at Tillamook
Our first backpacking trip
When they say the road is open, you go
Would you walk this suspension bridge?
Blasted by Latourell Falls
Bend, hot springs, and new friends
Waterfalls and yoga poses
Sunrise in the hot spring
Three miles for blue water
Steelhead Falls
Wooden Shoe tulip fields
Oregon, I was not expecting this
Bonfires on the beach
We made it to Corvallis
Desert sunsets for the win
Road trip day six: the redwoods
Mendocino and Glass Beach
Point Reyes, after the plans fell through
Pinnacles, east side
Sequoia in the snow
Road trip day one: Joshua Tree
Missing those Pacific sunsets
This picture from Utah
Angels Landing, second try
Yosemite in the smoke
She doesn’t even go here
A mystical day on Oahu
Horseshoe Bend
So whatcha want
On the road again
Into the Grand Canyon
The struggle is real
Checking out all the arches