Brian Eckert

Writer. Wanderer. Dreamer. Skeptic. Man.

Category: Travel

Coastal

Hell’s Canyon

White Man’s Burden

Everyday, tanned smiles, golden laughter, passed down legends. Everyone singing songs, beading blankets, harvesting crop. Until, the white man came, riding horses, silver guns and yellow teeth. Then, hair braided, ears hidden, smiles fading, we leave our homes forever.

RIP Chief Old Joseph

Black Crater, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

Port Mann Bridge, B.C, Canada

Dash Cam: Bend, Oregon to Coeur D’alene, Idaho

Moab

Moab is: -the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan -the historical name for an ancient kingdom located in modern-day Jordan -the first son of Lot (biblical Book of Genesis) and patriarch of the kingdom of Moab -an acronym for: Mother Of All Bombs (MOAB; a large yield thermobaric bomb) -an acronym […]

On Nature Walks, Anal Probes, and Shooting Sprees (Or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation)

Men are like Sphinxes: they speak in riddles and kill those who do not answer: “Man”.

Being and Becoming in America’s Abysmal Heartland

The author searches for a potential version of himself on the road from New Hampshire to Denver.