Mar 2, 2025 Our Favorite National Park Photos

As Vivian and I prepare for a big change, I've been reflecting on our RV travels which gives me an excuse to bring out the photos. So, I thought it would be fun to reminisce here. This blog is about some of those fabulous national parks we have visited. During our RV travels, Vivian and … Continue reading Mar 2, 2025 Our Favorite National Park Photos →

June 25, 2023 – Cascades Part 1: The Reticent Volcano

…the most dramatic and dangerous of these plate interactions occur in the Pacific Northwest. There, in a line from southern British Columbia to Northern California, a small piece of oceanic crust is being forced under the edge of the North American plate at the rate of a few inches per year.”― Steve Olson, author of ‘Eruption: … Continue reading June 25, 2023 – Cascades Part 1: The Reticent Volcano →

June 13, 2023 – Stuck in Lodi

Well, not really stuck in Lodi but changes to our original itinerary kept us there for an entire week. Our original plans were to travel north through California on Highway 395, east of the Sierra Nevada Range. Unfortunately, the record breaking snowpack which turned into flooding made us change our plans. So, we skirted up … Continue reading June 13, 2023 – Stuck in Lodi →

June 6, 2023 – From the Largest Tree to the Deepest Lake

Having spent several weeks in a desert environment, we finally arrived in the mountains. Here I am photographing a snowball in the parking lot of Wuksachi Lodge in Sequoia National Park. Our first view of Yosemite Valley as we entered the national park was literally, this. The two young national park rangers, one in Yosemite, … Continue reading June 6, 2023 – From the Largest Tree to the Deepest Lake →

June 2, 20023 – The Adventurous Mojave Plant

One of the strangest lands we've seen. Truly, the Joshua Tree is very special. What resonates with us most as we pull our home around the country is the experience of a landscape so different from the previous one, and so strange from our normal surroundings that it challenges us to conjure new adjectives to … Continue reading June 2, 20023 – The Adventurous Mojave Plant →

May 29, 2023 – Wanderlust and Desert Dust

American artist Steward Johnson's Forever Marilyn, 12 tons and 26-ft tall. Apparently in 1949 at age 22, Marilyn was “discovered” in Palm Springs by a talent agent. What do Sonny Bono and Marilyn Monroe have in common, besides leaving this world too soon? You can find them both or at least a likeness of each … Continue reading May 29, 2023 – Wanderlust and Desert Dust →