Category: Travel

  • Our return from the desert this spring took us to the Napa Valley then north along the Oregon Coast and into BC.  To do the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • I love Christmas Lights.  At this time of year I love to see them as we travel around at night.  Up until a couple of…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • In the Mecca Hills, above the town of Mecca, CA, east of the Salton Sea, is a hike  sometimes simply referred to as “the ladders”.…

  • It was used in the filming of The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean and the Cicso Kid. Episodes of The Gene Autry Show…

  • It has been a while since my last post and I’m not sure where to start other by saying this will be a brief recap…

  • July 10-15 Garry and Lynda arrived first, followed by James then Peter and Brenda. As Dave was not scheduled to arrive until later we assembled…

  • July 8-10 A latte to go from Second Cup was my final purchase before heading out onto the highway. I was on my way to Jasper…