Category Archives: Travel
Normally when I think of “Weird Oregon” my mind immediately goes to Portland. The city is usually one of the weirdest in the country, holding all sorts of functions that are quite out of the ordinary like the World Naked Bike Ride or the Quiet Music Festival where people are encouraged to try and sleep….
One of the big draws to Thailand, at least for me, is their elephant population. At the beginning of the 20th century it is estimated that there were over 100,000 pachyderms calling Thailand their home. Due to numerous reasons, experts guesstimate that there are only 4,000 left today and only a third of that number…
Chiang Mai is a bustling city during the day, but at night, the streets come alive with smells of street vendors cooking, the sounds of music wafting through the air near the gates to Old City and so many colorful scenes that the eyes strain to comprehend and take it all in. Like Bangkok, Chiang…
January 20, 2019 a wonderful astrological occurrence happened on a clear cold, night across the United States. The Super Blood Wolf Moon heralded the first celestial spectacle of 2019 for skywatchers all across the Americas. The total lunar eclipse will be the last one until May 2021, and the last one visible from the United States…
If you’ve read any of my previous posts on Moab, specifically for Arches and Canyonlands national parks, you will already know that the vastness surrounding the small desert town is one of my favorite places on the planet. The feelings that crop up as I turn onto Highway 191 are a mixture of excitement, anticipation…
Although I have been to Moab, Utah and by extension, Arches National Park, numerous times, I’ve always seemed to miss spending any time in Canyonlands National Park. It’s about a 30 minute ride from Moab and yet it has taken me years to finally get here. I took part of a day on my latest…
Arches National Park is one of my favorite places in the entire world. I’m not sure if it’s the desert beauty that I am drawn to, or the fact that I feel so tiny traversing the trails, past monumental sized rocks of sandstone, or if its the arches themselves, that seem to defy the crushing…
The best laid plans can go awry when it comes to photography. There are times when no matter how well thought out or how well a plan is set there still needs to be a bit of luck when it comes to photographing nature. The location was picked out in Boulder for the Super, Blue,…
After a short, but sweet, weekend in Siem Reap, Cambodia to visit Angkor Wat, I have to say goodbye to my new-found friend Lee. He drops me off at the airport in plenty of time to catch my flight and waves goodbye as he maneuvers his tuk-tuk through the traffic at the terminal. I can’t…
One would think it is hard to get out of bed at such an ungodly hour. It’s 3:45 a.m. and I spring from under the covers, wide awake, like a kid on Christmas morning. The early morning air is crisp and chilly as I head outside to meet Lee. He is, as usual, early and…