A stiflingly dry heat permeates in the Yosemite Valley air, as the aroma of Christmas exudes from the conifer resin of the trees nearby. Pickup trucks and four-door sedans alike, crunch and grind their tires through the gravel parking lot, kicking up a cloud of gray dust in their wake. Beside the lifted trunk of [...]
Twisting and turning up a mountain road, you climb steadily through a sea of towering pines and evergreens. Above the tree canopies, the clouds take on a soft, underbelly glow of a dawning new day. In a quite literal race against time, you take each bend in the mountain road as quickly as you can, [...]
Do you ever surprise yourself sometimes? Like when you look back on a decision you made and after it's all said and done, you can’t help but wonder, “Did I really just do that?” It’s typically the kind of decision you make on a whim with zero expectations, except for to take whatever comes next [...]