24 Perfect Hours
Solo kayak float down the Buffalo River on a perfect autumn day
Sunrise at the Buffalo River
Rust-colored sunrise at the river
Journeys: How the West Won Me
How the West won me.
High-Class Camping
Why eat freeze-dried lentils when you can feast in style? And other lifestyle tips for the great outdoors…
Russian Lessons: The Dacha Life
Again, with the musty old essays! I wrote this one three or four years ago and just rediscovered it last week. da·cha (däch) n. A Russian country house or villa. For years, I have wanted my very own dacha. Maybe there’s something about dying empires that stirs longing. In September of 1991, I boarded a…
The Greenery 