by toby | May 14, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild—Call of the Canyon If there’s one hike you do in Arizona, let it be the North Fork Trail or “Call of the Canyon” off Highway 89 out of Sedona. Yes, folks, it’s long. We did close to seven miles before we turned around and could have gone...
by toby | May 13, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild—Sedona Day Six (or is it seven?) May 13, 2013 Perhaps we overdid it yesterday, or perhaps it was seafood fettucine late at night, but I woke up not feeling well and with the mysterious rash I’d gone to the doctor for just before we left,...
by toby | May 13, 2013 | Life
Day 6- Mother’s Day May 12, 2013 (yes, my kids both called. I was so happy to hear them. And we called our mothers, too. ) Off the deck and into the wild–driving for 8 hours. I’ve come to the conclusion that women with straight hair have it the best on an...
by toby | May 11, 2013 | Life
(Here are all the streams and rivers I fished in the last two days, making the most of my 22 dollar fishing license. I got one strike and no fish. Mike caught two. This is par for the course) Off the deck and into the wild–Yosemite travel day. Day Four-...
by toby | May 10, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild- Yosemite. Day Three, 5/9/2013 late afternoon STORM! My maiden voyage driving the rental SUV to the one location in the park with Internet (you mean, this really is the wilderness?!) had just ended and I was enjoying my first shower in...
by toby | May 9, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild. It has a ring to it. Mike and I are off on thirty days of National Park exploration. Neither of us have ever done this, though Mike says this is “the road most traveled” it's new for us and thus, thrilling. I'm calling this...