Unimaginable winter sea caves of Lake Superior...learn more here...and images from here!

Find a fire lookout rental here!

Manastash

Hayduke Trail (named after a character in Edward Abbey's Monkey Wrench Gang) is a "850 miles long trail going along the Colorado Plateau region of the American southwest, linking Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Bryce, the Grand Canyon, and Zion National Parks."

This trail needs a lot of planing, but well worth the effort!

Bill Coperthwaite yurt and photographs by A. William Frederick.

From Teva Original Collection of sandals, and the price is right!

From the good people over at Westerlind.

See more here!

California Poppy bloom from 1991 in the Antelope Valley...See more here. 

But Antelope Valley State Reserve reports it will be a very modest bloom of Poppies this year due to the "severe drought"...learn more here.

Speaking of Minnesota...Minneapolis photographer Alec Soth has a great series of books under a project called Little Brown Mushroom. I really enjoyed this book on Colorado...learn more here!

Just a couple of nice things from the El Cosmico in Marfa, Tx 

Hiked Mt. Baldy on my day off because this peak has one of the best views, I highly recommend this hike!...Learn more here!