The Long Walk – Would You Rather Have Questions or Answers?
I guess I'm a little slow to these things sometimes but I just...literally just...found out that Slavomir Rawicz's The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom was probably fabricated out of whole cloth. Damn. "The Long Walk"…
Bald Eagle Pictures – Check out these awesome shots of an amazing bird!
For some reason, there was Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) party along Dry Creek and Yellow Jacket Creek in La Plata County, Colorado yesterday. I saw somewhere between 25-30 individuals. Bald Eagle pictures and Bird-nerd's delight! Historically, bald eagles lived throughout North…
Grand Canyon Pictures – I
It is so damn cold these days that I need memories of warmer times. Like from a backpack trip into the Grand Canyon. This is looking west down the "esplanade" on the North Rim near Tapeats. 100 degrees. I prefer…
The Tornio River Valley – Part II
Author’s note: One doesn’t tend to think of Finland and Sweden as a hot-bed of multiculturalism. Think again. The culture of the Fenno-Swedish border is a fascinating mix of peoples that came from all over the region. In Part I,…
My Shot of the Day – St. Nicholas Monastary, Macedonia
St. Nicholas Monastery is located on a cliff above Matka Canyon, just south of Skopje, Macedonia. The church was first mentioned in the 1600s but was surely constructed many years before that. It was probably built on top of a monastary dating from…
Settlement of the Tornio River Valley – Part I
Author’s note: One doesn’t tend to think of Finland and Sweden as a hot-bed of multiculturalism. Think again. The culture of the Fenno-Swedish border is a fascinating mix of peoples that came from all over the region. In Part…
My Shot of the Day – That Horse
I have to admit that I'm not so sure about horse photos. Horse photography is WAY overdone and are more often than not super CHEEZY! So I rarely bother. This guy tho, followed me along a fence-line in southern Colorado for…
Around the World in Eighty Years Rated in Top 40!
It was very nice to learn yesterday that GoSaga has rated AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY YEARS in the Top 40 Incredible Travel Sites To Follow in 2011. "If you love travel and you are planning to explore the world,…
My Shot of the Day: Iced Bubbles.
Bubbles caught in a small pond in the Carson National Forest. New Mexico. USA.