I have devoted my life to travel, study, and personal experience.  The most important authors have led the most interesting and worthwhile lives- that is what attracted me to writing in the beginning. 

Wildland Firefighting, backpacking, travel, Northeastern Minnesota, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Black Hills, Arizona, New Mexico, boreal forests, Colorado, hobos, travel, mountain men, voyageurs, Boundary Waters. Hiking, camping, kayaking, mountains, rivers, lakes, forests.