outdoors&animals

Ladies Who Plunge

Ladies Who Plunge

Follow Me

Follow Me

I Eat Meat. Why Was Killing My Own Food So Hard?

I Eat Meat. Why Was Killing My Own Food So Hard?

Molly Seidel Might Always Be a Work in Progress. She’s Totally OK With That.

Molly Seidel Might Always Be a Work in Progress. She’s Totally OK With That.

When the Techies Took Over Tahoe

When the Techies Took Over Tahoe

Can California Tourism Survive Climate Change?

Can California Tourism Survive Climate Change?

Instagram’s Most Fascinating Subculture? Women Hunters.

Instagram’s Most Fascinating Subculture? Women Hunters.

Above San Francisco

Above San Francisco

Spring break, with more wrinkles: Chasing totality with San Francisco’s eclipse seekers

Spring break, with more wrinkles: Chasing totality with San Francisco’s eclipse seekers

Running Free at San Quentin

Running Free at San Quentin

Jewish Summer Camp With Campfires, Crafts and No Lights Out

Jewish Summer Camp With Campfires, Crafts and No Lights Out

A Nevada Park That, at 77,000 Acres, Sneaks in Under the Tourist Radar

A Nevada Park That, at 77,000 Acres, Sneaks in Under the Tourist Radar

The Light We Carry—Or Don’t Carry

The Light We Carry—Or Don’t Carry

Taming the Beast in Your Basement

Taming the Beast in Your Basement

An Ultrarunner’s Long Road Back

An Ultrarunner’s Long Road Back

Help! There’s a Bear in My Airbnb

Help! There’s a Bear in My Airbnb

The Toughest Half-Marathon You’ll Want to Plan a Trip Around

The Toughest Half-Marathon You’ll Want to Plan a Trip Around

Big Change in Little Cottonwood Canyon

Big Change in Little Cottonwood Canyon

Kayaking Lake Tahoe in Winter

Kayaking Lake Tahoe in Winter

Why is the Bay Area seeing more critters now? Because we’re home to see them

Why is the Bay Area seeing more critters now? Because we’re home to see them

The Reinvention of Ryan and Sara Hall

The Reinvention of Ryan and Sara Hall

Uber Rolls Into Martha’s Vineyard and Finds Some Resistance

Uber Rolls Into Martha’s Vineyard and Finds Some Resistance

Shut Down Your Computers Kids, and Lace Up

Shut Down Your Computers Kids, and Lace Up

America’s Answer to the African Safari: The Great Bear Rainforest

America’s Answer to the African Safari: The Great Bear Rainforest

My West Coast Martha’s Vineyard

My West Coast Martha’s Vineyard

Hidden Rockies: The Sawtooths

Hidden Rockies: The Sawtooths

Who Wants a Hotel With a Hallway Anyway?

Who Wants a Hotel With a Hallway Anyway?

Backroads Road Trip: Rock ’n’ Roller

Backroads Road Trip: Rock ’n’ Roller

Review: Susan Orlean’s essay collection ‘On Animals’ is beguiling, observant and howlingly funny

Review: Susan Orlean’s essay collection ‘On Animals’ is beguiling, observant and howlingly funny

The Last Great Ski Resort

The Last Great Ski Resort

Your Own Private Idaho

Your Own Private Idaho

You Have No New Messages

You Have No New Messages

Turkey Slaughtering Is the New Book Club

Turkey Slaughtering Is the New Book Club

Live the slooow life — if only for a weekend

Live the slooow life — if only for a weekend