When folks ask me why I travel so much, I often quip that it’s because home is a four-letter-word. It’s one of those half-joke, half-truths. I do really dig my little loft now but my time in the wrong places cemented the half-truth of my…

As you know, the Camp Granola crew had quite a time getting to Toronto for TBEX so we spent the first night in the hotel detoxing and regrouping. After a little breather, some laundry duty, and some seriously gross, overpriced pizza, we were ready to…

The Great Smoky Mountains are the most visited National Park in the U.S. and if you follow this blog with any regularity, you know this is one of my favorite places in the world. I’ve spent the last couple of years delving deeper into her…

So yesterday being Halloween, I got to dress up like the incomparable Janis Joplin. I thought it appropriate to share this link to her final interview which is well worth a listen. Obviously she’s a complex character and I’ve always found her story painfully genuine…

It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted a Granola Talk, my version of a virtual round-table discussion generally centered around touchy-feely life stuff. Anyway, this particular topic has been on my mind enough to finally sit down and write up my thoughts and see…

Some places are harder to leave than others. Great Sand Dunes is one of those places for me. Toss in knowing that the next week of our trip was going to be urban rather than outdoors and you can imagine that it took tremendous effort…

I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful it is to be in the Great Smoky mountains again after two anxious weeks of park closures. I’m back at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont for the Autumn Brilliance workshop, my oasis of friendship and…

The Camp Granola entrance to Great Sand Dunes was anything but smooth. With a few months to ponder my folly I can now laugh at my foibles. In truth, the whole thing went pear-shaped back in the planning stages and I didn’t even know it.…

When I last left you in the tale of Overland Expo to Great Sand Dunes I was feeling triumphant about finding a better travel pace, one that didn’t leave us feeling run ragged. I also mentioned that my happiness was short-lived. Travel math… If you…

The Camp Granola crew spent the first part of this week in the North Georgia mountains at one of our favorite haunts, the Hike Inn. In spite of our constant adventures and explorations, we hadn’t done a true hike in awhile so I wasn’t sure…