I want to note the passing of John Taylor Gatto. Gatto was one of my heroes. We do not home educate because the schools are bad, but Gatto’s savage expose’ of the philosophy behind public education strengthened the hand of many homeschoolers and gave them a high profil...

The idea for this hike was cooked up by my Dad. He had done the Berg lake trail in his teens and wanted to give us kids the experience. How he roped the Loudens in to joining us I have no idea, but they came and more then doubled our party. The plan was to rendezvous a...

 Well it seems I take pictures faster then I can edit them. So the photos from the trip are coming out in a drip drip fashion.  This week are the scenic shots. Next week the stories and the people. Enjoy and come back next Monday.