I went home to California this summer for a couple months. It was great to see family and old friends. I also got s chance to lead some hikes in Big Basin Redwood State Park where I have been a docent for over a decade. After a few weeks, however, I began to […]
One of the greatest things about growing up in California has been my physical proximity to Yosemite National Park. I first visited Yosemite, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, at age nine with my sister and parents. I was hooked for life by the enormity, the sheer magnitude of its beauty. I was hooked for life! […]
TODAY IS EARTH DAY! Updated: April 22, 2019 For 49 years on April 22, more than one billion people take part in Earth Day. Earth Day now includes events in more than 193 countries, which are now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network. Individuals, communities, organizations, and governments acknowledge the amazing planet we call […]
Announcing New Travel Plans Hello dear friends and readers and welcome back! First of all, thanks you for sticking with me during my writing hiatus in California. When I returned from five months in New Zealand, Bali and Fiji, I thought I would be here for a couple of months and then resume my traveling. […]
YOSEMITE HD from PROJECT YOSEMITE I have summited Half Dome and Yosemite Falls (twice). I have hiked numerous trails in Yosemite, some on multiple occasions. I am blessed to have this national treasure almost in my backyard. This video from the Project Yosemite really captures an essence of Yosemite. I suggest headphones, then click play, then the […]
That’s right! In six days I will head to New Zealand, without a return ticket. But I’ll get back to that in a minute, I promise. Last year, I spent six months traveling with a backpack through Latin America. I began in Guatemala (a country I fell in love with the year before) and got […]
Before I started on this marathon road trip, I made plans to meet up and camp with two friends in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Roughly two weeks into my journey and with no further contact, would we actually find each other at… Blue Lake, Sierra Nevada, California View Larger Map Blue Lake is […]
A Photographic Essay Bryce Canyon National Park Having visited Utah’s other four national parks and exploring much of the Colorado Plateau over the years, I was especially excited to have finally arrived at Bryce Canyon National Park. Bryce is relatively small, only 53 square miles. Over the last 200 million years the land has been […]
Glacier National Park and The Road to Bryce Canyon NP View Larger Map Day Three For my third and final day in Glacier National Park, my plan was to take half a day exploring the Two Medicine area of the park. Leaving the motel in East Glacier, Montana, a short drive across the old […]
Glacier National Park “…a man who keeps company with glaciers comes to feel tolerably insignificant by and by. The Alps and the glaciers together are able to take every bit of conceit out of a man and reduce his self-importance to zero if he will only remain within the influence of their sublime presence long […]