This past Spring I took 2 trips out to the western US to see National Parks. The first trip was in May to Utah – Zion NP, Bryce Canyon NP & Grand Staircase NM. The second in June to Wyoming – Grand Tetons NP & Yellowstone NP. My Senior Lifetime National Park Pass is well…
Category: Wildlife
What I Did On My Summer Vacation
So, first of all I had to go to the Southern Hemisphere to find summer. Thankfully, Buenos Aires cooled down to a reasonable level while I was there, but Montevideo was just plain hot & cloudless on the return trip.I cooled down in Antarctica in between, so it was a good trip. Two things about…
Hours In a Tin Can On the Tundra
I am returning home from a very intense 7 day trip to Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Being from Georgia, any time spent where the sun is only visible for 8 hours a day and exposed skin while outside is in danger of freezing, but add to that spending said 8 hours in a school bus on…
Peru & the Amazon River
As I write this I am just returning from visiting my 68th country, exploring Lima & spending 5 days on a boat on the Amazon River during the not-as-wet-as-the-other season. In the really wet season the water is 30-40′ higher and the difference causes animals to change what they eat and how they defend themselves….
A Return to Travel
Latest news from me is that I have been on an airplane to Maine (see pictures). I have other trips planned which I’ll cover below, but I have also several shows and a book coming up soon. The book, entitled Georgia Courthouses – An Aerial View of History, is my first attempt at a truly…
Boarding Soon?
So, I am fully vaccinated and before they tell me that I have shed all my antibodies I’m getting on a plane!!! Certain eye problems have slowed me down so this may not actually take place until late June, but I have been making road trips. Two favorites within a 3 hour drive are St…
Beating Boredom In My Backyard
So, I’ve been home for about 2 weeks now while Spring started breaking out here in Georgia. To that end, I set up a bird feeder a few yards from the house and am taking advantage of floor to ceiling windows to shoot the birds. I still haven’t gotten the hang of identifying birds, but…
Two Weeks Of Warmth & Wildlife
Back from 2 weeks in South Florida around the Everglades. Visited some old sights, too. Not much to write about, so just look at the pictures. Related Images:
If At First You Don’t Succeed…
So I started this trip to south Florida back in early November, but got to the first night and started seeing swirls & floaters in my right eye. This led to eye surgery, the holidays & in early January started back out on a modified itinerary. On the first day of the 2nd attempt trip,…
Rolling Stone Starting to Moss Over
So, my last trip to the Congaree National Park in South Carolina found me at a brand new Hilton Garden Inn in Columbia wherein only 3 staff members and virtually no guests wore masks. Food servers wore no masks, One evening the lobby/bar was filled with maskless real estate agents. I said to myself, “Self!…