For a weekend of hiking and camping somewhat off the beaten path, you can find immense beauty and dramatic scenery at Kings Canyon National Park, just east of Fresno. It’s quite a surprise really, to drive through the outskirts of Fresno, past dusty worn down houses, and miles of flat land with...

Triumph. I’m feeling it today. This weekend I lived by my good man, Paulo Coelho’s words, “Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience,” got on cross country skis for the first time in at least 10 years, and did The Great Race. And oh, I’ve found myself a new itch to scratch. I...