Some More of The Natchez Trace – Including a Video!
The Trace would make a nice road trip all by itself, serving as it does as an historcal connector for a dozen or more small towns between the two end points. The two I liked the most were Port Gibson,...
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Took the ferry from Coupeville to Port Townsend this morning. Heading into Olympic NP. Temps mild but biting with the winds out here. Am thinking about camping here if it’s not too cold and they’re...
View ArticleDante’s View Redux
Dante’s View is about 6000 ft above the bottom of Death Valley’s lowest point – 287 ft below sea level. I am about 500 feet above the point. Much too high for me. But WTF. This caps off a long day...
View ArticleSunrise – Moonset – Sand Dunes
One of the things I had been looking forward to on my recent camping trip to Death Valley – also my first visit – was seeing the night sky from one of the darkest places on earth. Being an eastern...
View ArticleIcons
Here’s a couple of photographs that so far as I know I haven’t posted anywhere. The first: Mt Whitney, at 14,505 feet the tallest peak in the lower 48. Just a touch of snow at the time – early December...
View ArticleAlong Merced Creek
On the outskirts of Yosemite ValleyFiled under: California, Landscapes, Parks, PhotoJournal, Travelogue Tagged: CA, California, Long Exposure, Merced Creek, National Parks, Parks, YOSEMITE, Yosemite...
View ArticleScotty’s Garage
Scotty’s Garage 10 Filed under: Parks, PhotoJournal, Travelogue Tagged: Antique Cars, CA, California, Death Valley, Death Valley Scotty, National Parks, Rusting Hulks
View ArticleEastbound and Down
I arrived in Los Angeles late last October with the idea of spending a few weeks before heading south to Baja for the winter and then working my way back east and home to Virginia. Well, it didn’t...
View ArticleBright Angel
A bird’s eye view of the Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ, USA Filed under: Parks Tagged: AZ, Grand Canyon, National Parks
View ArticleScary Surprises
I was helping a friend set-up a new blog this morning and in the process forget how much effort it took; how much time I’d spent setting this one up. I also exposed myself to the WordPress tool-set for...
View ArticleOlympic
Took the ferry from Coupeville to Port Townsend this morning. Heading into Olympic NP. Temps mild but biting with the winds out here. Am thinking about camping here if it’s not too cold and they’re...
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