from the trails
less traveled.
The almanac
Field notes
Roads & Trails
Dispatches from the drives, hikes, and detours worth the extra miles.
Gear & know-howOutfitter's Almanac
What to carry, what to skip, and what earns its weight — tested the slow way.
Camp & tableWanderlust Kitchen
Recipes and rations from the road — cooked over fire, packed for the trail.
Latest entries
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Joshua Tree, the long way in
Skip the west entrance queue. The back way through Twentynine Palms trades an hour of idling for empty road, better light, and the park's strangest forest.
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The 40-liter rule
Every pack over 40 liters gets filled, and everything that fills it gets carried. On choosing constraints instead of capacity.
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One-pan desert carbonara
Real carbonara needs four ingredients and no refrigeration worth worrying about — which makes it, improbably, perfect camp food.
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Join the trail
New entries, straight to camp.
An occasional dispatch — new trails, gear worth carrying, and something good to cook when you get there. No noise.