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Kansas Fall Photos

We headed over to northeastern Kansas this weekend, looking for fall color. Instead we got rain, but the day we arrived it was sunny, and I got a few good pictures. The first … Read more

Eclipse 2017 Totality

Photos from Paris and London

I’ve been extremely busy since returning from Paris and London and have not had a chance to put together a travelogue posting. I did, however, manage to post 25 photos from the trip … Read more

Kanopolis Dragonflies

Update, via cousin Joni: damselflies, not dragonflies. I had pretty good luck photographing dragondamselflies at the Smoky Hill River right below the Kanopolis spillway yesterday afternoon; a few are shown below. Click any … Read more

Yellowstone Animal Review

One of the highlights of our visit to Yellowstone National Park happened 2 weeks ago today, when we first entered the park and got a relatively close view of a bear. But of … Read more

Yellowstone Hot Springs

Over the years we’ve come to enjoy visiting the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada and soaking in the natural hot springs located near Bridgeport and Mammoth. There’s something primal and unfinished about … Read more

A Day on the Columbia River

A couple of Saturdays ago we had occasion to make our way from Portland, Oregon to Walla Walla, Washington. Naturally, we decided to take the slowest, most scenic route possible, and that meant … Read more

Went to Jellystone; Saw Yogi

or something like that. Actually, we were very, very lucky. Our whole long day conspired to put us at exactly the right place at exactly the right time. We left Walla Walla in … Read more