Nebraska Sandhills: cont’d
There are so many little roadside potholes filled with ducks, waders, dippers and shorebirds, you’ll spend most of your time stopped with your binoculars at the ready.
Nebraska Sand Hills: Crescent Lake
Spring and fall are the best times to visit the Nebraska Sand Hills. Summer temperatures can get quite hot and winter is too blustery and cold. Bird migration times are best.
Leaving British Columbia
At the turnoff from the Nass one finds the remains of a huge, recent volcanic eruption from around 1700. It’s now known as the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park. The park is sacred ground protected by the local indigenous population. Approximately 2000 people were buried in their villages as lava flowed down the Nass River valley. In places the lava is 40 feet thick.
Destination: Salmon Glacier, BC
Salmon Glacier today Map showing 71-mile Portland Canal…the border between Canada and USA Map of Stewart, BC and its relation...
British Columbia
Destination: Salmon Glacier I’ve wanted to return to the Salmon Glacier ever since we explored that area in 2010. The...
Baja California: Otra Vez, Final
Balandra Bay now has timed entry because it’s too popular. However, it’s still lovely and with a kayak one can leave the crowds behind.
Baja California: Otra Vez #3
Repurposed Guerrero Negro building On the border between the northern (Norte) and southern (Sur) states of Baja California lies the...
Baja California: Otra Vez #2
Just south of the junction of highway 5 and the TPH (Transpeninsular Highway #1) one enters the Valley of the Cirios (church candles). The cirios, also known as boojums, are a plant endemic to only a small portion of the Baja peninsula.
Baja California: Otra Vez (Again)
After four extended winter vacations in Baja California starting in 2017, we’ve noticed how a place can be dramatically altered by several forces…development, local weather, and climate change. Because it’s a peninsula dividing the Atlantic from the Gulf of California by only a thin landmass, and threaded by only a few paved roads; it’s easy to spot the changes.
Paint Mines Park
Paint Mines canyon wall in the afternoon light. I’ve lived in Colorado more years than I want to mention, and...