Rocky Bar Ghost Town Idaho
Rocky Bar is a ghost town once famous as a mining community that rivaled the population and size of Boise around the 1860’s with 2,500 souls, but Rocky Bar has […]
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Atlanta Idaho: Cabins and Locals
Arriving in Atlanta Idaho is like discovering a lost town from the early 1900’s complete with old wooden cabins, lodges, and shops. As I drove through, the town was surprising […]
Tips for Building a Fire in the Rain
The first time I camped on the coast, it rained all day. I was in Northern California and hiking through miles of wet trails. When I returned to […]
Daydreaming of Memphis
I don’t know why I return to this place so often in my mind. For me, Memphis was about as foreign as any place I’ve visited in America. Part of […]
Camping Recipe: Spicy Raisin Couscous
I’ve recently concocted a new favorite meal to eat when camping: Spicy Raisin Couscous. Couscous is an amazing camping food. It requires a lot less energy to make than other pastas […]
Ghosts on the Oregon Coast
I wandered the Oregon Coast for a week to see beaches. I wanted sunny beaches— bright all-revealing shores that I could read and write by. The first day I was […]
The Usefulness of an English Major
I apologize in advance, but I gotta go bat-shit academic crazy on this recent article about the so-called “Ideal English Major” just posted on The Chronicle (http://chronicle.com/article/The-Ideal-English-Major/140553). Don’t read this […]
