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

Stumbled Upon

Looking at my site stats this morning I saw I was getting about 5 times the normal amount of traffic. A quick look at my referrer log showed that I had been StumbleUpon’ed! … Read more

The Edge of the World

This is an incredible photo taken near Grady, New Mexico, where the fields reach right up to the edge of a very rugged, extremely eroded landscape that continues down into a desert valley. … Read more

Google Earth at Night

Many folks have seen images of the earth at night, showing the lights from cities and towns around the world. I think the first poster I saw in this vein was back in … Read more