by Steven Higgs | Mar 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Terrill Ridge Trail offers a perfect microcosm of the Deam Wilderness human history. Within the Hoosier National Forest’s four-mile, in-and-out trek lie examples of the landscape’s century-plus relations with humankind: a pioneer homesite and family...
by Steven Higgs | Mar 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
When we emerged in Mocagua from our hike to the Maikuchiga Monkey Sanctuary, our Casa Gregorio guide Stan told my daughters I looked like I was made of water. It had indeed been a hot, humid, and sweaty trek through the Colombian jungle to the rehabilitation and...
by Steven Higgs | Mar 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
While Yecla, Spain, is known for its Monastrell wine, it will always be the home of Monte Arabí to me, in addition to the town’s status as home to two of the three Colombian expatriate Martinez girls, of course. Looming some 3,500 feet above the Mediterranean...
by Steven Higgs | Mar 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
The luminescent yellow daffodil blooms scattered along the roadside were the first indications that a higher spirit was on call during a Saturday morning drive through the Charles C. Deam Wilderness. Given the season and forecast, the mission was simple and...
by Steven Higgs | Mar 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
I should have known better than to venture to the Charles C. Deam Wilderness with lowered expectations. The mission for this drive for pleasure across the forested razorback called Tower Ridge Road was to discover if the Road Closed Ahead sign just past the Blackwell...
