Utah

Pokin had wanted Mesa Verde since Arches. Nicholas had been saying no since Arches. Too out of the way. Then we woke up in Farmington and somebody …

Day two began exactly like day one. Nicholas had calls. Long ones. I had assumed the whole point of a spontaneous road trip was that nobody could …

Do you realise the last time we went on a proper spontaneous road trip was 2014? Twelve years. Twelve years of flights and hotels and airport lounges, …

We’re still up at the cabin in Brian Head while Nicholas and Pokin do their Everest Base Camp training thing. Every day it’s the same …

We’re up at a cabin in Brian Head, Utah. Nicholas and Pokin are doing their Everest Base Camp training thing, which apparently means finding any …

Let me set the scene. My bud and Pokin are in Cedar City, Utah, doing their daily hike training for Everest Base Camp. They pick a trail. The …

Day two of the Bruce visit. After Bryce (where I was cruelly left behind), we headed back to Zion. Our usual routine: bike the canyon, hike the …

We’d barely recovered from Pokong’s visit when the next houseguest arrived. Bruce, one of Nicholas’s engineers from Colombia, came …

When we were last in Hong Kong, Nicholas asked Pokin’s brother Pokong why he’d never come to visit. Then he told him to come. Then he told …

We went to Brian Head to ski. Pokin grew up in Canada. You’d think skiing would be in her blood. It is not. She never learned. So they decided …