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Nebraska Sandhills: cont’d

Nebraska Sandhills: cont’d

Feb 20, 2025

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

Nebraska Sand Hills: Crescent Lake

Feb 11, 2025

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

Leaving British Columbia

Dec 13, 2024

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

Destination: Salmon Glacier, BC

Oct 17, 2024

Salmon Glacier today Map showing 71-mile Portland Canal…the border between Canada and USA Map of Stewart, BC and its relation...

British Columbia

British Columbia

Sep 16, 2024

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

Baja California: Otra Vez, Final

Jun 14, 2024

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

Baja California: Otra Vez #3

May 18, 2024

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

Baja California: Otra Vez #2

May 6, 2024

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)

Baja California: Otra Vez (Again)

Apr 24, 2024

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 Park

Nov 28, 2023

Paint Mines canyon wall in the afternoon light. I’ve lived in Colorado more years than I want to mention, and...

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