trail ride

As I rode out of a small area shrouded in cottonwood and Russian olive trees to get my first glimpse of the cliff dwellings of the Ancient Pueblo People, known by the Navajo as the Anasazi, I was in awe. Carved high into a red sandstone cliff peppered with snow, these seemingly inaccessible cliff dwellings,...

They pulled up to the trailhead in a red two-door convertible with Wisconsin license plates, their blonde hair wild from the wind.  The two 30-something women emerged from the car like models from an ‘80s ZZ Top video. They both wore sunglasses, loose flannel shirts and fashion jeans tucked into scuffed cowboy boots.  The driver...

From the heights of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Cowgirls can see all the way to the San Francisco Bay–and even farther back into California’s winemaking history. Darley Newman takes a wine country trail ride back in history. By Darley Newman As I sauntered through an open meadow on Romer, a black-and-white Tennessee Walking horse, I thought...