The story of my sixth birthday started when I was still 5 for another day and we were driving down the 55 mile dirt torture-road, getting...

When we planned this trip there was one hike that made Mom nervous more than the others, and not just because it started 55 miles down a...

Mom and I had unfinished business with our next trail. We had planned to visit this trail on Christmas day, but then The Weather Jinx...

A wilder-ness storm messes up a whole lot more than city storms do. They make dirt roads hard for humble Covered Wagons to drive on. They...

Mom and I were happy to be back on the back roads in the back country of the back of beyond. That’s a place in Nevada, if you didn’t...

Once we left the harrowing dooms, Mom and I had planned to spend one more day in Oregon and visit my good friend Tami. But Tami’s...

This was a very busy week for me at the office so I was pooped-with-a-capital-P. I was so pooped that I slept in until sunrise yesterday...

Oscar the Spectator Jan 3, 2020 This morning I did my regular before-work run on My Trail. My Trail runs for 4 miles along the ocean, up...

When we were rookies Mom and I used to pay to sleep in campgrounds, but now that we’re experienced travelers we try to sleep at the...

One of the great things about Mom is that she likes to take me on dudely adventures like hiking, and camping, and half-preparing for...

The air was staticky for the fourth night in a row, but this time Mom and I had decided to stay in town. So for the first time on our...

To escape the hostile white dirt attacks, in Canyon Country, we needed to get across the Grand Canyon and through Flagstaff before we...

Mom has always wanted to take pictures of me standing in something called a slot canyon. The problem with most slot canyons is that they...

I hadn’t been to the desert since last year, and the desert missed me. It takes a lot of driving to get from My Hometown to the desert,...

I was having lunch with my coworkers, patiently pushing their elbows to see if it would make them drop something, when I heard Mom bark,...

The Covered Wagon had been parked for so long that Mom was surprised that we hadn’t gotten any mean notes from the coppers about not...

Mom said that I should warn you that this story is upsetting, and that some people might find it disturbing. If you are sensitive to...

Now that summer is over, mountain season is almost over too. Before the mountains curl up under their white blankets for the winter, Mom...

If you’ve ever been to the Easter Sierra, you’ve probably been to the place called Mammoth. I know that because every time Mom and I go...

Our second trail of the weekend was also marked as “hard,” but lots of people exaggerate on the internet. Not one person had rated the...