Sitemap - 2024 - PASSAGES: Travel the USA and more!

Chapter 35: Kent and Mahuiki attend autopsy

A visit to the Montgomery House brings us full circle

Chapter 34: Kent goes to Ella

A special time with Mom on Kaua'i begins...

Chapter 33: Kent finds a suspect

A startling discovery on Kaua`i

Who else needs a free ESCAPE?

Chapter 32: Kent makes a brutal discovery

Answer from an unexpected source

Chapter 31: Koa doesn't take the news well

Part 2: Disaster strikes

Chapter 30: Kent continues investigating Koa

Part 1: We land at the Osprey Nest...

Chapter 29: Jud and his family visit the Valley

One of life's finest pleasures...

Chapter 28: Kent investigates Koa

Important conclusions from the Oregon Coast

Chapter 27: Koa goes topside

Peril in Portland?

Chapter 26: Kent takes Koa for her first ride in a vehicle

Cottonwood Canyon: secrets to a happy long-term relationship

My Substack Summer

Chapter 25: Koa talks with Kent; considers going topside

Chapter 24: Kent: Koa leads him to bathing cave

Eastern Oregon hides its charms behind a gritty facade

Oh, San Francisco

Chapter 23: Koa finds out Kent is a cop

A scary fire hides a gem in Idaho

Chapter 22: Kent meets Koa at last

The hazardous, fast-moving rivers of Wyoming

Chapter 21: Koa meets a hunter

Chapter 20: Kent goes hunting in Waimalia Valley

A Wild Storm and a Gypsy Hobbit

Chapter 19: Then, Koa: She confronts Abalo about the abuse

Then, Koa: Koa takes the proof to someone she hopes will help

Anniversary update: Maui's catastrophic fire and its aftermath

Then, Koa: Koa gets proof of Ella's abuse

Trapped on the Green River in Utah

Chapter 17: Now, Kent

Bighorn Surprise at Flaming Gorge, Utah

Chapter 16: Then, Koa

Wild Horse Scenic Loop in Wyoming

A devastating surprise in Grand Lake, Colorado

Chapter 15: Then, Koa

Chapter 14: Now, Kent

Unapologetically dangerous in Rocky Mountain National Park

Chapter 14: Now, Jud

Finding hangry adventures in Rocky Mountain National Park

Chapter 13: Then, Koa

Moose sightings and citations

Montana is full of surprises...and so is Wyoming

Chapter 12: Then, Koa

Chapter 11: Now, Kent

A change in course leads to cognitive dissonance in North Dakota

Chapter 10: Then, Koa

Discovering distilled sunlight

WILD GIRL Chapter 9: Now, Helicopter in the Valley

Lessons from Buffalo at Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Wild Girl: Chapter 8- Now, Kent

Hell Creek in a handbasket

WILD GIRL Chapter 7 Now: Kent in the Valley

Glacier National Park is a murky bust

Wild Girl Chapter 6: the Valley

Wild Girl Chapter 5

Cousin Wanda's Pet Sitting

Steep hikes and bear alarms

WILD GIRL: Chapter 4

An emperor among lesser mountains

Smoke makes great sunsets

Wild Girl: Chapter 3 of a mystery set in Hawaii

Whidbey Island Reflections and a glimpse inside the Wanderlust Retro

WILD GIRL Chapter 2:

WILD GIRL: a mystery set in Hawaii, Chapter 1 :

Making human connections in the wild

PROLOGUE

What's your definition of "lost"?

Lessons on joy from Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park...timeless and temperate

A celebration of the Oregon Coast

In search of a disaster-free home

Falling in love with e-bikes on the Oregon coast

Lassen Volcanic National Park rocks until fires catch up with us

The Miracle Mile mirage

Pacific Crest Trail goodbyes

Meeting the Wizard in Yosemite on a very different day

The Big One Begins! "Lurch forth!" for real this time

Fire in Yosemite! Part 2

Fire in Yosemite!

Antelope Island, Utah is a dreamscape

Jackson or Jackson Hole, either way its Wyoming...

A good campsite makes all the difference in Grand Teton National Park

Fragile bodies at Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park

Bubbling in Bozeman and freezing in Grand Teton

Sung to by wolves in the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park

More Yellowstone (and marriage) adventures

The grandeur and minutiae of Yellowstone

Unexpected dangers

Rough roads ahead

Angel Lake reward

Lurch forth!

Overcoming entropy

Start here: One last big adventure!