R Scott Jones

My Submissions for the 2018 #FindYourPark Photo Challenge

This annual photo challenge, organized by the good folks at Nature Tech Family, is an excellent excuse to look back over the year you’ve had in our national parks and public lands. It’s also a great way to see what others have done this year. The rules are simple. For the last 10 days of … Read more

Our visit to American Samoa

Our December 2018 trip to the island of Tutuila in American Samoa—plus photos, tips for visiting, and notes from our visit to National Park of American Samoa.

Tisa’s Barefoot Bar in American Samoa

Our visit to the infamous Tisa’s Barefoot Bar on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, one of the more unique and memorable bars in the South Pacific.

A short weekend at the Vegas Bowl

It was the only bowl game that we would be able to attend this season, given our other travel commitments. And it ended up being the one that ASU was invited to. We got the official word that ASU’s bowl game would be in Las Vegas while we were on the other side of the … Read more

Best reasons to #OptOutside on public lands this Black Friday

This is a short draft written for #NatureWritingChallenge, a weekly exercise to spend an hour writing about a specific topic about the outdoors, then participating in a twitter chat with the other participants. This week’s topic is the title of this post; though as it turned out, this post is less about #optoutside on Black … Read more

The true story about how ‘haboob’ dust storms are created

It involves three of my favorite ‘S’ words—Sun, Supes, and…Sparky!
#GoDevils #ForksUp #StompTheBus

Credit the amazing True Story Films for putting this together.

I gave up the NFL to make more time for adventuring

Football season is once again upon us, but I won’t be donning my favorite jersey on Sunday mornings this season, yet again. Don’t get me wrong. I grew up a San Francisco 49ers fan. Well, make that a rather passionate Niners fan. How passionate you ask? Well, passionate enough to persuade force my parents to let … Read more

The National Parks of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt is a giant figure in the history of conservation and the National Parks system. Arguably the first “Conservation President,” he used his authority and foresight to establish and protect many of our country’s most treasured places. His conservation legacy is astounding, especially for the era in which he governed, and encompasses far more than … Read more

#MyNationalParksMonth is my centennial celebration of the National Parks

UPDATE: jump to a listing of what I’ve seen thus far.BIG NEWS: hear about the epic encore I’m currently!EVEN BIGGER NEWS: I’m now visiting 100 Parks in 100 Days Sorry—much of this post got shredded during some of the recent upgrades and conversions it’s been through. It’s on my list of things to fix. 🙁 One … Read more

What moments are you collecting?

It’s hard not to appreciate the sentiments in this video.

Credit: 35 from ARC’TERYX on Vimeo.

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