Our late-summer hiking trip to Oregon’s Wallowa Mountains and Idaho’s Sawtooth National Recreation Area was luckily sunny with no smoke (September 4–20, 2023). No reservations… Read More »2023 Sept: hiking Oregon’s Wallowas & Idaho’s Sawtooths
From July 13–August 3, 2023, I reveled in a solo hiking trip by car in GERMANY’s Bavaria, AUSTRIA’s states of Tyrol and Salzburg, and ITALY’s… Read More »Alps walkabout in Bavaria, Tyrol, Salzburg & Dolomites
5-weeks in northern Australia and southeast Indonesia garnered diverse images: a total eclipse of the sun; the world’s oldest living rainforest and largest coral reef;… Read More »Australia & Indonesia: Cairns, Kimberley, solar eclipse, Komodo dragons, Kelimutu, Kakadu
Don’t miss the Free Flight Show at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, near Tucson. Over our heads swooped Harris’s hawks, a great horned owl, crested caracara, and… Read More »2023 Jan: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson
Tom Dempsey recommends the following camera gear for on-the-go photographers: PART A: SMARTPHONES are antiquating larger cameras by revolutionizing photo sharing and improving telephoto power… Read More »BEST 2024 TRAVEL CAMERAS reviewed: midsize, pocketable, smartphone
Returning to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park in fall 2022 furthered my photographic fascination with abstract rock patterns. Shot on slide film in 2002, such an… Read More »2022 fall: Glacier & Waterton: Gunsight Pass, Akamina Ridge; Calgary skyscraper art
A tough, beautiful, and thrilling adventure took us to two strikingly turquoise lakes, fed by two of Washington’s receding glaciers. From September 6-9, two of… Read More »2022 Sept: Backpack Robin, Marmot, & Jade Lakes, Dip Top Gap
From July 19–August 4 in 2022, our group of five trekked ten stages of the beguiling Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1) plus nearby hikes.… Read More »2022 July: Swiss Via Alpina trek (National Route 1)