River Magic – delight while paddling the whole French Broad River
On Sunday, May 29, 2016, Nelson and I launched our raft (an 13′ Aire Super Puma with an oar rig) from Headwaters Outfitters sandy beach in Rosman, NC. Our plan was to paddle… Read More
Glacier National Park
Approaching Glacier National Park from the east side was, at first glance, underwhelming. We came in through a town that had seen better days. Some trash, plenty of run-down buildings, and no… Read More
The 6,000 mile road trip (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of our 6,000 mile road trip from North Carolina to Montana and back visiting several national parks, monuments, and grasslands. We drove our Ram Promaster Van, which is… Read More
Temporarily moving on from living tiny
I’ll get right to the point: our two years of living tiny in our 5th wheel camper are over. All good things come to an end. At least, that’s what say (although… Read More
Mile for Mile: A documentary on conservation
A few weeks ago, Yukon and I attended the the Wild & Scenic Film Festival at Sierra Nevada Brewing in Mills River, NC and watched a film called Mile for Mile. Twelve films… Read More
Torg Stories interviews Yukon & Bean
Last week, we had the pleasure of being interviewed by The Torg Stories podcast at TheTorg.com (September 15, 2016 edition). William Torgerson, creator of The Torg Stories, is an Associate Professor, Institute For Writing Studies,… Read More
Leave it as it is – protecting Grand Canyon
Leave it as it is – this can be said for the very few places that are not yet marred by the hands of man. So many of our wild places, though,… Read More
Grand Canyon Slideshow
This slideshow features full color photos from Bean’s book, Make Some Room: Powerful Life Lessons Inspired by an Epic 16-day Colorado River Rafting Trip Through Grand Canyon (published July of 2016). Use the grey arrows… Read More
Sponsors and partners on our French Broad River Rafting Trip
Oh, how fun a 149-mile, 13-day French Broad River rafting trip can be! It’s darn hard, too, but overall it was SO fun! Before we get into any details (see my upcoming… Read More
Kayaking and Camping Lake Jocassee, SC
One of the good things to come out of the over-used practice of damming up rivers is we get some amazing lakes like this one: Lake Jocassee (pronounced: joe-KASS-ee), which was created… Read More
