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Apr 7, 20204 min read
…Previously, in South Dakota
… When you last saw your handsome hero (that’s me!) he had just finished an exciting adventure full of danger and intrigue, and was...
Mar 27, 20201 min read
Oscar-sized
There was one more piece of New Mexico that we wanted to visit before Mom and I made a mad dash across Colorado (which we’d heard was...
Feb 5, 202026 min read
Hashtag Throwback Thursday
Oscar the Spectator Jan 3, 2020 This morning I did my regular before-work run on My Trail. My Trail runs for 4 miles along the ocean, up...
Jan 12, 20201 min read
Scattering cows and chasing goats
Since I don’t have my driver’s license yet, I never know where we’re going to run when Mom and I get in the car. So imagine my excitement...
Jan 4, 20203 min read
Hakuna patata
To escape the hostile white dirt attacks, in Canyon Country, we needed to get across the Grand Canyon and through Flagstaff before we...
Jan 3, 20202 min read
House of fire and ice
What you need to know about white dirt is that it takes away your choice in where and how you want to drive. When we picked our sleeping...
Nov 6, 20194 min read
Mystery of the falling bread truck and baby goats
The Covered Wagon had been parked for so long that Mom was surprised that we hadn’t gotten any mean notes from the coppers about not...
Sep 22, 20193 min read
Open season
Now that summer is over, mountain season is almost over too. Before the mountains curl up under their white blankets for the winter, Mom...
Sep 5, 20193 min read
Duck
If you’ve ever been to the Easter Sierra, you’ve probably been to the place called Mammoth. I know that because every time Mom and I go...
Sep 4, 20193 min read
Stunner
Our second trail of the weekend was also marked as “hard,” but lots of people exaggerate on the internet. Not one person had rated the...
Aug 28, 20194 min read
Untouchable
The bum in Mom’s knee is nearly gone, and she has slowly built up her strength so we can run for almost an hour a few times a week. This...
Aug 5, 20192 min read
Spider wisdom and the most remote toilet in the world
When the Witch started screaming for us to wake up on our last morning in Washington, it was still night out. “I don’t wanna!” I...
Aug 4, 20193 min read
King of the hill
I’ve got to take a break from telling you about my exciting Washington exploration to tell you about the adventure Mom and I had this...
Aug 3, 20192 min read
Return to the Fourth of July
Mom and I have been turned back by white dirt many times, but there were only 2 trails that we still regretted not finishing after all...
Aug 1, 20195 min read
Burn out
Some days everything seems to go wrong. Other days, everything seems to go okay, but Mom tells you that everything is really going wrong...
Jul 7, 20192 min read
Wilder-ness
The fourth of July is a day when people in The West celebrate our independence. Independence is the kind of freedom where you do...
Jun 29, 20192 min read
Foiled me once…
Humans have it all wrong when it comes to how they spend their time. They can’t help it, cave men evolved to sit still around a fire and...
Jun 8, 20191 min read
You just had to be there.
Today Mom and I went to a place in the low-mountains called Arnold. I think it’s funny when people give human names to non-humans, like...
May 19, 20191 min read
Use it or lose it
It’s supposed to be Mountain Season, which is the time of year when the mountains sweat off the white dirt that covers the trails all...
Apr 13, 20193 min read
Spaghetti western
If you go to the nearest freeway on a clear day and face south you can see a mountain in the distance with a giant rectangle tombstone on...
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