Solo Traveler. Writer. Artist.
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Adventure begins just a few miles outside of your comfort zone.

 

I’ve visited 48 states, 26 National Parks, and chased three tornadoes.

 
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Sequim Sweet Sequim
Sequim Sweet Sequim
For Amber Waves of Grain, For Dennis Palmer
For Amber Waves of Grain, For Dennis Palmer
My First Time in Minnesota
My First Time in Minnesota
Day Made in Manistee
Day Made in Manistee
Places I've Been, Places I Belong
Places I've Been, Places I Belong
Painted Hills Revisited
Painted Hills Revisited
Our Epic Everglades Adventure
Our Epic Everglades Adventure
The American's Home
The American's Home
Back to the Palouse
Back to the Palouse
Galena and the Cloran
Galena and the Cloran
 
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Galena and the Cloran
Galena and the Cloran
Chesnut Cottage Bed & Breakfast
Chesnut Cottage Bed & Breakfast
Front Street Inn
Front Street Inn
Greenbriar Inn
Greenbriar Inn
Destinations Inn
Destinations Inn
Historic Central Hotel
Historic Central Hotel
The Sheldon Street Lodge, Prescott Arizona
The Sheldon Street Lodge, Prescott Arizona
 
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Sequim Sweet Sequim
Sequim Sweet Sequim
For Amber Waves of Grain, For Dennis Palmer
For Amber Waves of Grain, For Dennis Palmer
Painted Hills Revisited
Painted Hills Revisited
Back to the Palouse
Back to the Palouse
Yellowstone Charles & Joe
Yellowstone Charles & Joe
Intrepid Idahoans & Me
Intrepid Idahoans & Me
Timing in the Tetons
Timing in the Tetons
Driving: My American Dream
Driving: My American Dream
The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas
The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas
Travel A.D.
Travel A.D.
 
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A Trip Down Memory Lane
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Road-Tripping: Past, Present & Forever
Road-Tripping: Past, Present & Forever
Being a Kid in White Sands National Park
Being a Kid in White Sands National Park
Turning Green in Green River
Turning Green in Green River
Live Your Life Fully, Don’t Let Your Life Live You
Live Your Life Fully, Don’t Let Your Life Live You
Birthday-Blizzard, Mother-Daughter Utah Adventure
Birthday-Blizzard, Mother-Daughter Utah Adventure
Larry Joe & Crazy Mike
Larry Joe & Crazy Mike
I Love Freedom, Fish & Living Life in Hyperbole
I Love Freedom, Fish & Living Life in Hyperbole
Chasing Sunsets & Serenity
Chasing Sunsets & Serenity
Iconic Americana Just North of the Mexican Border
Iconic Americana Just North of the Mexican Border
The Wonders of Petrified Forest National Park
The Wonders of Petrified Forest National Park
Where Anthony Bourdain & I See And Don't See Eye to Eye
Where Anthony Bourdain & I See And Don't See Eye to Eye
Sedona Arabella, Her Vortexes & My Wide-Eyed Slumber
Sedona Arabella, Her Vortexes & My Wide-Eyed Slumber
Bask In the Charm of a Bygone Era On Allen Street
Bask In the Charm of a Bygone Era On Allen Street
Why Do You Travel?
Why Do You Travel?
Serendipity Travels
Serendipity Travels
A Superstition Sunset
A Superstition Sunset
Unforgettable Acquaintances
Unforgettable Acquaintances
Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix AZ
Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix AZ
Goldfield Ghost Town, Arizona
Goldfield Ghost Town, Arizona
 
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My First Time in Minnesota
My First Time in Minnesota
Day Made in Manistee
Day Made in Manistee
Galena and the Cloran
Galena and the Cloran
Lovely Locals in Memorable Madison
Lovely Locals in Memorable Madison
Iowa Nice
Iowa Nice
Extreme Tornado Tours: Tour 5 2022
Extreme Tornado Tours: Tour 5 2022
Love Letter to Detroit
Love Letter to Detroit
The Magic of MT-7 & Interstate Truck Stops
The Magic of MT-7 & Interstate Truck Stops
Instincts, Unmarked Roads & The Nebraska Badlands
Instincts, Unmarked Roads & The Nebraska Badlands
A Piece of History Worth Saving
A Piece of History Worth Saving
Consumed By Wanderlust in Wibaux
Consumed By Wanderlust in Wibaux
Mud CAN Get Into the Tires & Your Eyelashes
Mud CAN Get Into the Tires & Your Eyelashes
Flash Floods, Dirt Roads & Kansas Hospitality
Flash Floods, Dirt Roads & Kansas Hospitality
The Wyoming Incident
The Wyoming Incident
Tornado Season in Tornado Alley
Tornado Season in Tornado Alley
Solitude. Salvation. And the Mixed-Grass Prairie.
Solitude. Salvation. And the Mixed-Grass Prairie.
Tornado Warning: Colby Kansas, May 28, 2018
Tornado Warning: Colby Kansas, May 28, 2018
 
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Our Epic Everglades Adventure
Our Epic Everglades Adventure
National Park Week Feature: Great Smoky Mountains
National Park Week Feature: Great Smoky Mountains
The Burbs, The Boonies & The Boroughs
The Burbs, The Boonies & The Boroughs
Ode to the People
Ode to the People
Providence Canyon & Pasaquan
Providence Canyon & Pasaquan
Hornet Spray
Hornet Spray
A Must-See in OKC
A Must-See in OKC
Troublesome Travel Turned Golden
Troublesome Travel Turned Golden
The Blue Whale of Catoosa: A Love Story
The Blue Whale of Catoosa: A Love Story
Hot Springs National Park: Emphasis on the Hot
Hot Springs National Park: Emphasis on the Hot
Natural Falls State Park
Natural Falls State Park
 
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Extreme Tornado Tours: Tour 5 2022
Extreme Tornado Tours: Tour 5 2022
Birthday-Blizzard, Mother-Daughter Utah Adventure
Birthday-Blizzard, Mother-Daughter Utah Adventure
Let It Storm
Let It Storm
Mud CAN Get Into the Tires & Your Eyelashes
Mud CAN Get Into the Tires & Your Eyelashes
Flash Floods, Dirt Roads & Kansas Hospitality
Flash Floods, Dirt Roads & Kansas Hospitality
Tornado Season in Tornado Alley
Tornado Season in Tornado Alley
Tornado Warning: Colby Kansas, May 28, 2018
Tornado Warning: Colby Kansas, May 28, 2018
 
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Places I've Been, Places I Belong
Places I've Been, Places I Belong
The American's Home
The American's Home
Kancamagus is King
Kancamagus is King
Montauk Monologue
Montauk Monologue
I Love You, New York.
I Love You, New York.
Pape & Evergreen
Pape & Evergreen
The Day I Shut Down Cottage Grove Road
The Day I Shut Down Cottage Grove Road
The Far Side of the Pond
The Far Side of the Pond
America's Stonehenge & Beyond
America's Stonehenge & Beyond
 

Why am I the ArcticTumbleweed?

It’s fairly simple. Desert is my favorite landscape, but frigid is my ideal temperature. Plus, like the tumbleweed, I'm a drifter. We go where the wind takes us, leaving parts of ourselves in the places we roam. We're just gentle, fragile, courageous things that make our own paths, love freedom and live to rove around out west.

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“It's like a little piece of Utah made its way to a town nobody knows in Georgia.” – Me Yup, that’s right…this is Providence Canyon State Park, it’s known as Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon, and hardly anyone
Have you ever been driving all alone in a really remote place without cell service, without snacks, without so much as a single living thing passing you on the road except the tumbleweeds who roam? And while you’re way out in the great wide ope
What were the first things you ran out to buy when you learned that the world as we know it was shutting down for a bit? I gave in to my baser instincts and swarmed the streets for the essentials: Nutella, pasta, and hornet spray. (Keep in mind, this
This one’s not really about travel. This one has some helpful perspectives on perspectives and thoughts and the choices we make, both consciously and unconsciously…in general, in this piece, I’m sharing some meditative approaches t