beth kohn

It was a warm spring day in mid-March, and I didn’t look like a typical BART commuter. I shouldered a full-sized (though ultralight) back...

It's been a while since I've posted here, but Trump's Executive Order banning refugees, legal residents, and Muslims from the U...

California's in the midst of an epic drought, though you wouldn't have known that at the end of April. Lack of snow cancelled my lat...

It's a fantasy year when you can wrangle five visits to Yosemite. Even better? Experiencing each season, like stepping into a glossy c...

Researching the Eastern Sierra before Memorial Day is always a gamble. Late season snow can block car access across Yosemite's Tioga Roa...

The last day of a long research trip to Chiapas is always bittersweet. I can't wait to be home, but I already miss the culture and peopl...

For this trip to Chiapas, I rented a car so I could prowl around more of the Lacandón Jungle and investigate some off-the-beaten paths plac...