
No. 86 - Joni & Jackson Hole
347 Words. 1 Minute Read.
The cabin next to mine was full of girls from northern California who were whitewater guides. I was in awe of them. They were beautiful, athletic, and had a way of living life that was different from anything I had seen in Georgia.

No. 52 - Blizzards in Jackson Hole
518 Words. 2 Minute Read.
After supper, everyone who wasn’t on the night shift would head back to our cabins on the Snake River to listen to music, play volleyball, smoke pot, get naked in the hot springs, shoot pool at the employee tavern, or knock out whistle pigs with our fly rods.

No. 43 - Jackson Hole & A Yellow Submarine
1,789 Words. 7 Minute Read.
My first real adventure was spending college summers working in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This was in the late 90s when Jackson was a bit sleepier and content with Aspen being the playground of the rich. There were a few celebrities, but it was limited to a run-in with Harrison Ford in the backcountry.
No. 38 - Ice Climbing in Vail, Colorado
915 Words. 4 Minute Read.
I was plagued with a litany of what-ifs. Numero uno being, “What if I fall and one of these axes punctures my abdomen?” In my mind’s eye, I was hanging like a piñata while blood poured out like wine from a decanter.

No. 37 - American Road Trip, Part 2
1,032 Words. 4 Minute Read.
The Depth of Despair: Somewhere in Denver, East St. Louis, Atlanta.