Newport, Rhode Island. Where opulence meets the ocean. That's what the ChatGPT script said. I read it out loud to the camera and immediately abandoned…
I came downtown for a croissant. I left with an interview, a second visit to the seaport, and a genuine reluctance to get back in…
14 Jul 2026
A Gap Year at 60
The sunrise didn't materialize. The clouds were thick and milky and the sun apparently decided to take the morning off, which I respect. I sat…
The sunrise was not epic. I want to be upfront about that. The clouds the night before had been doing something genuinely promising, and by…
6 Jul 2026
Welcome to New England
I landed at Westchester and drove north through a string of small towns that looked like someone had commissioned them specifically to represent the concept…
My middle name should be Sidetrack. I was on my way back toward Bozeman, mentally already plotting the most ambitious possible version of the drive…
There's a particular kind of morning that a town either has or it doesn't. The cool air, the smell of a restaurant getting started somewhere…
I had originally planned to stay in Sandpoint the night before, and driving through it on the way south I immediately understood why it was…
20 Jun 2026
Solo Again, Idaho Ahead
I'd dropped them at the Kalispell airport, watched them disappear through the doors, and pointed the car south and west toward Idaho. I didn't have…
I shot stars the night before. The sky out here cooperates in ways that Florida simply doesn't, and I'd been dragging the tripod out at…
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I visited all 50 states at 60. Now I am chasing the light and story through all 63 national parks, some with my cat Penny! The journey continues - follow along.
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