North America articles
In later September 2024, we hit the peak of golden larch colors in Kananaskis Country and Banff National Park, in Alberta, Canada. Booked 1.5 years… Read More »Seeking gold larches in Banff’s Skoki + Kananaskis, Alberta
We circumnavigated Oregon’s scenic Mount Hood in 5 days by backpacking the Timberline Trail clockwise — 42 miles with 9900 feet gain and loss. This… Read More »Oregon: loop Mount Hood’s Timberline Trail, backpack 42 miles
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
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
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