Author Archives: The Wandering Toto

Rain speckled the windshield as we pulled over to the side of the road just before the turnoff to the trail head. We weren’t far now but were still waiting on the second car. The sun had just set and the storm overhead created an almost pitch black shroud all around us, save lights fromContinue reading “A Quandary Of A Summit”

A buzzing rattled my brain as I lay exhausted and hungover in the pitch black of my room. The beeps from the alarm were entering my ears like tiny knives each piercing squeal driving them deeper. The time on the phone read 3:45 am, which was only 3 and a half hours after I hadContinue reading “Over The River and Past The Goats To The Top Of Bierstadt I Went”

I just got home from summiting Mount Bierstadt and I’ll have a story about it later this week but I wanted to update the blog real quick! Mainly I wanted to post a few pictures because although it wasn’t the most stunning hike I’ve done thus far it was certainly very pretty. I summited soloContinue reading “A Day So Laborious I Had To Post”

I’m at the laundromat waiting on a dryer to finish it’s job so I figured I’d do a quick write up on some travel goals I have and just spew some quasi inspirational quotes that I am just making up as I go along. I’ll start with this, I am not looking to be oneContinue reading “A fluffy puff piece because content”

The sky was clear and the ink black void was only broken up by a thin crescent moon and a scattershot of stars as we wound around I70 toward the heart of the mountains. A late start but we were making good progress toward the trailhead where we would camp for the night before attemptingContinue reading “The Hidden Valley Where My Old Life Died, and I Was Born Anew”

“Travel changes you. As you move through this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life – and travel – leaves marks on you.” – Anthony Bourdain Travel isn’t just about going somewhere, it’s not just about seeing things, travel is about engulfing yourself in sights, sounds, smells,Continue reading “Welcome To Wanderlust”