Category: Travel

  • My friends keep reminding me that I haven’t updated my blog in a while so here goes with one update at least. Way back in…

  • The sun was just coming up as we arrived at the Maligne Lake boat launch.  The air may have been cool, just a few degrees above…

  • In the latter part of July we traveled to St. Louis for the Blue Goose Convention.  “What the heck is Blue Goose” you well may ask.…

  • Last August, a group of us attempted a 4-day backpacking trip on the Skyline Trail ( previous post ) in Jasper National Park.  Between huge blisters…

  • It rained most of the night at Refuge Cove but by morning only the odd shower still lingered.  While a bit damp, it did make…

  • In late May we drove out to Nanaimo, BC to start a 2-week sailing trip. At 4 pm the evening before our charter started, we…

  • 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…