Roads Less Traveled

Adventure around every bend

Go West, Young Man: Star light, star bright

Editor’s note: In July 2025, Now Habersham weathercaster Tyler Penland headed west to hike and camp in Yellowstone National Park. His latest "Go west,...

Go West, young man: Norris Geyser Basin

Editor’s note: In July 2025, Now Habersham weathercaster Tyler Penland headed west to hike and camp in Yellowstone National Park. His latest "Go west,...

Go West, young man: Bunsen Peak

Editor’s note: In July 2025, Now Habersham weathercaster Tyler Penland headed west to hike and camp in Yellowstone National Park. His latest "Go West,...

Go west, young man: White mountain

Editor’s note: In July 2025, Now Habersham weathercaster Tyler Penland headed west to hike and camp in Yellowstone National Park. His latest "Go West,...

Go west, young man: To where it started

The last time I got the chance to travel west and see more of this beautiful country was all the way back in March...

Go West, young man: From supervolcano to National Park

If all goes according to plan, I will be standing somewhere in Yellowstone National Park or the adjacent Beartooth Wilderness as you are reading...

Archway to the West

In his latest travelogue, NH weather reporter Tyler Penland takes us to St. Louis, where he stopped while chasing the solar eclipse in April. St....

A Red River runs through it

Up in the hills of northern Kentucky sits a protected natural area that is almost unknown outside the hiking, climbing, and local communities. On my...

Chasing aurora

Aurora chasing isn't for the faint of heart. I've been chasing mid-latitude auroras over Georgia and North Carolina since 2015. I saw my first ones...

Go West, Young Man: Where mountains meet the sea

Last week, I shared about my trip to visit the Redwood National and State Park. After leaving the Redwoods behind, my attention turned from...

Go West, young man: Tall, tall trees

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from...

Go West, young man: heading home

In October, my father and I traveled west to view the ring of fire eclipse. I checked many things off my bucket list during...