Category: Nature
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Yosemite. The name is magical. The scenery is amazing. An area perhaps most made famous by photographer Ansel Adams, it is place to which landscape…
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Being a prairie boy from Alberta, I really didn’t associate waterfalls with deserts until we started spending winters in Southern California. Certainly deserts are very…
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Hero. Scoundrel. Rancher. Miner. Entrepreneur. Homesteader. Engineer. Convicted Murderer. Felon. Hard working. Inventive. Do-it-yourselfer. Father. Husband. Wheeler Dealer. Perhaps all of these terms could be…
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Over the past month I have been on two hikes in two very different yet similar environments. Similar in that they are both desert-type environments…
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In mid-November I decided that an overnight camping trip to Joshua Tree National Park was in order. It would give me a chance to do…
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In early November, I joined a group of fellow photographers from the camera club to which I belong for a 5-day outing to Zion National…
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The first week or two back in the desert involved getting the house back in order and getting back into the “swing of things” after…
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A number of friends have finally shamed me enough to get off my but and update my blog/website. It’s not that I haven’t been doing…
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Sometime back in early May, a friend posted an article on Facebook which listed the “Top 25 Campsites in Canada”. One of the campgrounds listed was…
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Several weeks ago I stopped in at my insurance broker’s office to drop off a document and he commented that he had been following my…
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The past month has been a busy one in the desert, with lots of cycling, hiking, photography excursions, visits from friends, and a host of other…
Wind At Your Back 