Yesterday I took the dog on my favorite hike, one that rewards a climb with a tremendous view. You can see for miles — farmland below and mountains in the distance, a view that stretches across more than 5 towns. But an early fog rolled in and when we got to the...
Thirty-five minutes into our hike into the Grand Canyon we arrived at the vista. We were the equivalent of 76 flights of stairs down and my quads, already quaking, would need to take on the harder half of the route – UP – on the way back. But the kids...