It’s been a long time since we were all sent on a time out. In the beginning –back when none of this was normal yet and Mom still thought...

As we drove away from the moon rocks at Moon-o Lake, I watched from the front window as the smoke poured out of the mountains. Through...

Being underemployed is very boring. With only one direct report to supervise all day, I stare at her until I fall asleep, and when I wake...

Halfway through our trip to Washington Mom had gotten lazy while using the dog bathroom, and instead of lifting her leg like she was...

I’ve been on enough vacations now to know that vacations have an expiration date. A vacation may not turn stinky, putrid and puzzling...

Do you ever worry about something only because you know about it? Like if Mom doesn’t know a minor emergency is coming –like a full car...

After Mom found The Magic Lego that Saved Vacation, we steered the Covered Wagon back into the mountains. We followed the Wagon Trail...

We may have been doomed without The Witch’s supervision, but we were already at a trailhead, so we might as well face our grim fate while...

We slept right at the trailhead until the sound of other hikers slamming their car doors woke us up. Once Mom was fed and packed, she...

The mountains in Washington are steep in a way that I think might be illegal in California, because I’ve never climbed anything in...

Mom says that she lived in California for many years without ever smelling smoke in the Stuck House places. But for as long as I’ve been...

We had more bear stuff than could fit in the running packpack, so even though we’d already finished the Running with the Bears virtual...

A couple of months ago my Friends up in the mountains called Mom to let us know that they were only letting a few very special runners...

“Hey, guess what?!” I nudged Mom when I saw her finally starting to stir in the morning. Then I jumped up to point my nose out the Wagon...

As the Covered Wagon rolled over the trail through the Oregon Outback and cooking us alive, Mom and I listened to stories about the...

Once upon a time Mom and I discovered an enchanted place with a lake like a mirror, a sparkling waterfall, and an enchanted pond that hid...

I’m not a dog that’s easily surprised. When the Covered Wagon pulls off the Wagon Trail somewhere in nature, I know I’m in for an...

There’s this enormous lake up in the mountains that sparkles in the brightest sapphire grey. It’s as deep as a mountain is tall, and as...

When we got to the trail the morning after surviving driving through a cloud during what Mom called a “lighting storm,” the sun was out,...

Before we even started our hike, we found a treasure: a trailhead bathroom that was open! Our treasure stank so loud that it could blow...