Craig Romano – Guidebook Author and Outdoors Writer and Photographer

I wasn’t planning on running 50 miles around Eastern Washington’s Mount Spokane State Park on July 25th. I had my heart set on running the Oregon Cascades 100 mile (OC 100) race on that weekend. It was to be my second 100 mile race and I’d been training for it since January....

Casper is a trail town. Trails have prominently played a role in the history of this community of 60,000, the second largest city in Wyoming. And this small city located along the North Platte River at the base of Casper Mountain is flush with biking and hiking trails. Wyoming touts itself as the Cowboy State, where horseback riders are as ubiquitous as pronghorns on the...

It only took a few miles into this race before I realized that I vastly underestimated it! My second 100K race, I chose this run in southern Utah for five reasons. One, it scheduled nicely during my son’s spring break allowing me to make a family vacation around it. Two, the course description sounded outstandingly beautiful. Three, it was in a state I needed for my 50 st...

Bird counters, pika monitors, and sea turtle patrols—move over! Volunteers are now being recruited to count ticks! Governmental agencies, universities, conservation groups, and public health administrations have been growing alarmed over the increase of tick populations. “We know tick populations are ballooning like our federal deficit,” said Rex Rezults of the US Departm...

Towering redwoods, stunning coastal headlands, sprawling ocean beaches, and open rolling verdant hills, California’s Marin County is an exceptionally beautiful place. Located just north of San Francisco and connected to the city by the majestic Golden Gate Bridge, Marin’s natural landscapes form quite a contrasting background to the city by the bay. More than half of this...