James Lucas

Cold gravel crunched beneath my feet.  The air bit my lips.  Smoked emerged when I exhaled.  I used the bathroom and scrambled back to my sleeping bag, my car, my home.  It wasn’t raining yet.  Maybe there would be climbing … Continue reading →

Located an hour east of Seattle, Index Washington sits on the North Fork of the Skykomish River, just above its confluence with the main channel of the Skykomish a small river that the passing train crosses over on its way … Continue reading →