The mountains hang like a dream — one that is unseen but sensed, like Kafka’s castle, haunted by places unknown and untouched, yet somehow familiar. This collection of memories, like the Midwest roads that bridge them, begins last July. On that humid afternoon, I packed and strapped the back of the Bonneville with a three-week haul of supplies: sleeping bag, tent, clothes, a … [Read more...] about Exits and Returns: Three Weeks from Appalachia to the Rockies
Rocky Mountains
The Devil’s Punchbowl
Clayton Miller sat in his truck before me, flashing his $10 smile. The kind of smile you have when you scratch off a $10 win on a $2 lottery ticket. Chris Wilcox and Clayton had made plans for a group motorcycle ride. A motorcycle ride which would take us into and over the high passes of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Winter snowfall made many of the planned routes impassable, … [Read more...] about The Devil’s Punchbowl
