Richard Fleck

A Walk along the Fern Creek Trail in Rocky Mountain...
We awakened early to drive up to Estes Park from our home in Denver. Our daughter Michelle had flown in from Los Angeles for a short visit before she...
A Walk Along the Forest’s Edge in Ireland
It was a sunny October day just a few days ago when I entered a forest preserve in Castleblayney, Ireland just off the grounds of the Hope Castle...
Hiking Across the Border into Vermont
We started our hike at Petersburg Pass just three and a half miles south of the Vermont border in New York. Occasional clouds floated overhead in a...
Returning to Japan in Central Florida
We left our daughter’s home in Land O’Lakes, Florida early one February morning to travel eighty-six miles north to a delightful Japanese-style...
Our Stay at a House in the Woods
Whether it is a doe and her fawn gently stepping through rhododendron bushes, or a flock of wild turkeys strutting across the lawn, you know you’re...
Off to Chebeague Island, Maine
On our shuttle flight from Newark to Portland, I couldn’t help but notice strange formations of violet-tinged clouds above a deep gray layer that...
Our Return to the Snowies
My wife Maura and I had not been to the Snowy Range (Snowies) outside of Laramie, Wyoming for quite a number of years. During our residency in...
Canoeing on the Crystal River
We set out early in the morning from Land O’Lakes to Crystal River on Florida’s west coast on a cloudless day to rent a canoe for two and a kayak...
Going Back Home to The Upper Colorado River Valley
We left Denver two days ago on my 83rd birthday to head for the western slope of Rocky Mountain National Park where 61 years ago, I...
Up to the Tundra
It was going to be a terribly hot mid-June day in Denver all the way up to 96 degrees. Thankfully we had applied for a visitor permit (required...
A Walk in the Wilds of Weeki-Wachee
“Wilderness is the swamp we drained to build a mall.” –Frank Clifford, environmental journalist. On a brisk January day with the...
Off to North Dakota and Theodore Roosevelt National...
Crossing the border in early June into my 50thvisited state, North Dakota, we were astounded by endless miles of space with lush green fields, and...
Our Return to Key West by Sea
Perhaps twenty years ago my wife Maura and I first visited Key West by driving way out over U.S. 1 from the mainland, stopping once at Key Largo to...
Quebec City Once Again!
There is no such thing as a “senior citizen” in Quebec City. Instead, there is the “third generation.” The first generation is from birth to...
A Day in the Ghost Town of St. Elmo, Colorado
Ever since I flew on one of my flights to Gillette, Wyoming when I witnessed the dancing, eerie green flames of Saint Elmo’s Fire covering the...
A Humorous Event While Camping in Utah
ot long ago, four of us (John, Dorian, Pete, and I) camped and hiked for a few days in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. We set up camp high above the...