Leap Year Campout in the Lava Bed

Leap Year Campout in the Lava Bed

by | Mar 8, 2020

  The forecast Friday was for passably fair weather. 50 degree Fahrenheit temps, 3 mph winds, maybe a little rain and lower temperatures with a little snow or hail late Saturday afternoon. It didn’t work out that way.           Russ...
Up the Creek

Up the Creek

by | Mar 7, 2020

Wrayal and I took the dogs on a short detour along a seasonal stream on our way to The Big Lava Bed....
Lunch At The Big Lava Bed

Lunch At The Big Lava Bed

by | Mar 5, 2020

It’s been an odd winter; cold weather and heavy dumps of snow have alternated with prolonged warm spells and clear blue skies. At the beginning of January Andy and I were able to ride all the way up to South Prairie, about fourteen miles into the Gifford Pinchot...
Cabin Fever

Cabin Fever

by | Feb 21, 2020

This story first appeared in  International Sidecar Traveller #43 April, 2019   Winter had been a long, dreary affair, with a succession of snow, cold rain, ice and more snow. Come February, I was done with it, but it did not appear to be done with me. Out of...

The Kiss of Contagion

by | Feb 15, 2020

You feel the warmth rising, the gentle caress of contagion brushing across your lips. You try to deny it, to push it away. But there is no denying what you feel in your chest, the ache at the back of your throat. It has caught you, and you will not get free. You may...