Almost thirty years ago, Suzanne Roberts, author of Animal Bodies and Bad Tourist, embarked on a twenty-eight-day hike on California’s John Muir Trail that changed her life. Her story of a month in the backcountry, Almost Somewhere was first published … Continue reading Postcards from the John Muir Trail: Creating My Own Language for the Landscape

Almost thirty years ago, Suzanne Roberts, author of Animal Bodies and Bad Tourist, embarked on a twenty-eight-day hike on California’s John Muir Trail that changed her life. Her story of a month in the backcountry, Almost Somewhere, was first published … Continue reading Postcards from the John Muir Trail: Muir Pass and Finding a Home in the Mountains

Almost thirty years ago, Suzanne Roberts, author of Animal Bodies and Bad Tourist, embarked on a twenty-eight-day hike on California’s John Muir Trail that changed her life. Her story of a month in the backcountry Almost Somewhere was first published … Continue reading Postcards from the John Muir Trail: Looking Back on Mather Pass