“Incredible. You must see Wrangell-St. Elias National Park to believe it. Number and scale loom large here, magnified by splendid […]
More than Meets the Eye in Glacier Bay National Park
You can’t drive to the small community of Gustavus AK (population ~400), which serves as the gateway to Glacier Bay […]
Three Days in Sitka with (Almost) No Rain
If you’re visiting a rainforest, expect rain. Our travels this summer include ten days in the southeast Alaska rainforest, starting […]
Alaska On My Mind
As you peruse this post, Bill and I will be in the early days of a five-week adventure in Alaska. […]
Southeast New Mexico – Big Caves, Big Desert, Big Oil
BIG CAVES – Carlsbad Caverns National Park was our destination attraction, and indeed, it’s huge and impossible (for me) to […]
Discovering New Mexico
“Well, where should we go?” That was the question a couple of months ago when we began to imagine a […]
We Have Travel Plans!
Time to pull out the suitcases and tune up the Subaru, because these two erstwhile travelers are getting ready to […]
A Troublesome Visit to Granby, Colorado: Part II
Sandwiched between the ‘troublesome’ parts of our quick get-away in Granby was some fine hiking and sight-seeing. After experiencing a […]
A Troublesome Visit to Granby, Colorado: Part I
With no compelling reason to stay and only one way out of town, it was time for us to leave. […]
Searching for Gold in Colorado
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree (Emily Bronte, British author, 1818-1848) Among all the signs […]
Breckenridge, Colorado: Three Seasons in Seven Days
Labor Day week in the high country of Colorado means cool and crisp mornings, warm and sunny afternoons, and emerging […]
Hiking in Poudre Canyon – A Wild River, Wildlife and Wildfires
Wildfires are a distressing fact of life in the Rocky Mountains, and some years are worse than others. 2020 stands […]
