Wild World: White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

White Sands National Monument

Some tourists visit White Sands National Monument expecting to find a monument. Assuming they'll see a statue or obelisk with a bronze commemorative plaque, they find ins...

Exploring Morocco

In April I ventured on a 5 week exploration of Morocco. It was a welcome relief from what I had been told was "a very bad winter" in Europe. As I stepped out the airport into the arms of a swarming taxi mob a s...

Ottowa Ablaze

A viewing so many splendid sunset images and being amazed by their rich colors and textures, I started my own sunset photography this summer. As I'm not a professional photographer, there isn't much time for...

Alpine Observations

To the un-initiated, the French Alps may seem somewhat of a circus. With the super rich of Chamonix to climbers on a budget camping wherever seems flat, the ski resorts such as Val d’Isere and Tignes seething w...
Wild World: Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon

Oregon’s Eagle Cap Wilderness

Hidden in a pocket of northeast Oregon, the Eagle Cap Wilderness is home to 358,461 acres of wild terrain, vast granite mountains, glacial u-shaped valleys, and abundant wildlife. This is not the Oregon that pe...