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Category: Life, Liberty, and non-travel stories

August 25, 2016October 22, 2025 Scott

Convenience: A Eulogy to American Culture

The silhouette of a camper sits under the Milky Way by a campfire in the woods. An antique Porsche 911 sits nearby, under the Milky Way and starry night sky.
August 28, 2019September 7, 2024 Scott

Night Sky Photography Gear: Essential equipment for photographing the Milky Way

How to photograph the milky way. The Milky Way stretches across the night sky over a campfire, REI tent, and antique Porsche sitting in the Nevada desert
August 28, 2019December 17, 2020 Scott

How to Photograph the Milky Way: the Basic Steps to Night Photography

Driving Honda HR-V across the desert under a golden sunset
January 17, 2018June 18, 2020 HaleyK

An Outdoor Explorer’s Story to Owning a Honda HR-V

A black and white photo of a retro harley davidson kicking up sparks while racing around a bend in an empty back road
August 22, 2016February 18, 2020 Scott

My Time in the Fast Lane, as Lived by a Moderately Slow Man

Two college friends pose after hiking to Wave Cave in Arizona
February 12, 2018December 18, 2019 HaleyK

Exploring Outdoors to Maintain College Relationships

A twisty back road is lined with color as the initial leaf change of fall starts to occur.
October 26, 2016November 6, 2019 Scott

A Powerful Way to Improve your Day

The silhouette of a Harley Davidson motorcycle and its rider races across the blurred country back road
April 29, 2018November 6, 2019 Scott

The Truth about Riding Motorcycles

November 25, 2016October 6, 2019 Scott

An Unexpectedly Revelatory Flavor Pairing Experience – TaköPGH

Sunlight and blue sky shines through the mountains over Bear Run Creek in Maryland
December 30, 2018August 29, 2019 Scott

Exploring Maryland’s Savage River State Forest: Night Sky Photography locations

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  • An RV drives a curving back road through beautiful mountains
    Beautiful views on the Million Dollar Highway
  • cars and motorcycles travel through the mountains on a scenic back road
    Drivers enjoy the panoramic scenery of the back roads in Colorado
  • A drone shot of a u-shaped two lane back road winds through the pine trees in eastern California's High Sierra region
    A swooping curve on US-50 in the High Sierra, California
  • A man stands in the middle of a back road in the desert of eastern California with the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the background
    Just over the border into California near Mono Lake
  • A distant car drives up a back road as it weaves its way up a distant hillside
    A driver navigates the back roads leading to Great Basin NP
  • A beautiful vibrant sunset glows over a back road where there is a silhouette of two kids sit taking a selfie
    Soaking in the sunset at Badlands NP
  • A pair of Harley Davidson motorcycles enter Doane Robinson Tunnel, with the faces on Mount Rushmore clearly visible under fluffy clouds in a blue sky
    Riders explore Doan Robinson Tunnel near Mount Rushmore
  • The towering granite peaks of Grand Teton mountain range soar towards an ice blue sky over Jackson Lake
    The stunning peaks of Grand Teton NP
  • Snow capped granite mountain peaks tower over TA Moulton old barn in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park
    Is there a more iconic Wyoming view?
  • A narrow dirt road runs along the side of one of several mountains creating the boundary around Sun Valley Idaho
    A back road heads into the mountains surrounding Sun Valley ID
  • A two lane back road by a raging river divides two drastically different landscapes - smooth rolling sage-covered hills on the left, and jagged granite cliffs on the right
    Steep canyon walls carved by the Payette River in ID
  • A man standing near a black Ford F150 stares out over an enormous desert valley in central Idaho
    A traveler surveys the landscapes of central ID
  • A back road route stretches straight across the flat desert valley floor towards the towering eastern Sierra Nevada mountains in California
    Mono Lake CA
  • A curving back road arches towards a panoramic view of the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern California
    CA route 89 in the Eastern Sierra Nevada
  • back road route bridge stretches across New Melones Lake in the foothills of the western Sierra Nevada mountains
    CA route 49 near Angels Camp CA
  • The iconic Half Dome in Yosemite NP
  • Crisp fluffy white clouds and a brilliant blue sky top the towering snow capped peak of Wheeler Mountain in Great Basin National Park Nevada
    Great Basin National Park
  • Monument Valley back road
    Monument Valley, on the AZ / UT border
  • RV bus driving west on a back road
    An RV heads west on the Loneliest Road in America

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