In February 2024, circumnavigating Mount Kenya up to 15,765 feet elevation stretched our comfort zone with “Type 2 Fun” — the kind that is challenging in… Read More »KENYA: trek Mt. Kenya; safari Samburu, Nakuru, Amboseli, Tsavo West
My first trip to Africa culminated with thunderous Victoria Falls — the world’s largest sheet of falling water — visited from March 3–6, 2024 in Zambia and… Read More »Tremendous Victoria Falls spans ZAMBIA & ZIMBABWE
In Ohio, I toured the fascinating Westcott House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and hiked the beautiful ravines of Hocking Hills State Park in June… Read More »OHIO: Hocking Hills & Westcott House
Winter is a great time to enjoy Southern California’s Mission San Juan Capistrano, the San Diego Zoo, and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Along the way… Read More »San Diego Zoo, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Anza-Borrego Desert
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