The scent of orange blossoms still perfumes the air in Riverside, California, where citrus heritage meets modern adventure without breaking the bank. As someone who's paddled rivers across North Ameri...
The first light of dawn breaks over the Spokane River as it cuts through Post Falls, Idaho, revealing a landscape that feels both wild and intimate. As someone who's spent countless hours documenting...
When I traded the Rio Grande for the Wicomico River last summer, I wasn't expecting to find such a fascinating microcosm of Eastern Shore ecology and culture in Salisbury, Maryland. Even more surprisi...
The first time I glimpsed Angel Falls—that impossible ribbon of water plummeting from a tabletop mountain lost in clouds—I understood why the indigenous Pemón people call it Kerepakupai Merú: 'waterfa...
The limestone karsts of Palawan rose like ancient sentinels from the turquoise water as my bangka boat approached Port Barton. After years documenting environmental litigation cases back in Texas, I w...
Growing up in Laredo, I never imagined I'd find myself waxing poetic about a small college town in the Midwest. Yet here I am, fresh from a weekend in Ames, Iowa, with my wallet still surprisingly int...