walden

  • Departure Log 5: Bathtub Hot Springs – Monroe, UT

    Departure Log 5: Bathtub Hot Springs – Monroe, UT OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 1, 2022 “Like a Rolling Stone” – Bob Dylan, 1965 Leave it to me to climb the more difficult trails on my route. Delicate Arch was well worth it,… Continue reading

    Departure Log 5: Bathtub Hot Springs – Monroe, UT
  • Departure Log 4: Birthday Cake in an Arch – Moab, UT

    Departure Log 4: Birthday Cake in an Arch – Moab, UT OCTOBER 31, 2022 “The Red Hills of Utah” – Marty Robbins, 1963 The first week of my trip was finished. I spent it with old friends in wonderful towns,… Continue reading

    Departure Log 4: Birthday Cake in an Arch – Moab, UT
  • Departure Log 3: The Desperado’s Borrowed Bike – Grand Junction, CO

    Departure Log 3: The Desperado’s Borrowed Bike – Grand Junction, CO OCTOBER 28-30, 2022 “Across the Rolling Hills (Padmasambhava)” – Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, 2010 And so continues the tale of the longest day of the adventure. Where we left… Continue reading

    Departure Log 3: The Desperado’s Borrowed Bike – Grand Junction, CO
  • Departure Log 2: Boah and the Road – Black Hills, SD

    Departure Log 2: Boah and the Road – Black Hills, SD OCTOBER 27-28, 2022 “Unshaken” – D’Angelo, 2018 *Popularly known in Red Dead Redemption 2 as Arthur’s theme riding back to camp. I’m a big Red Dead Redemption fan. At… Continue reading

    Departure Log 2: Boah and the Road – Black Hills, SD
  • The Grandest Tour

    The Grandest Tour “Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967” – John Mayer, 2012 *provided by my father, pre-Walie era This draft has been sitting in my folder for some time now, but it’s another thing I get asked a lot… Continue reading

    The Grandest Tour
  • My Walden (Walie for Short)

    My Walden: Walie for Short “Guaranteed” – Eddie Vedder, 2007 175 years ago, Henry David Thoreau walked up to society, at the sunrise of modern technology, the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and turned the other way. Instead of taking… Continue reading

    My Walden (Walie for Short)