I did a lot of hikes in the Cairngorms. I generally picked a morning hike around sunrise and a late afternoon hike before sunset. During the middle of the day, I generally did something easy. With this blog I am writing about two hikes on one particular day. My morning goal was to hike to… Read More Craigellachie and Creag Bheag
For a long time, I have wanted to go hiking in Scotland. It has been at the top of my list for years. I would have gone in 2024 if the Svalbard trip hadn’t come up. Last year brought a lot to deal with, but this year I put it on the calendar and planned… Read More Bagging My First Munro
I predicted reasonably good chance of a beautiful sunrise for Sunday morning and I had nothing better to do so I planned on being at a specific overlook out at the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge for the pre-sunrise color show. I have been to this overlook many times before and tried to capture nice… Read More September Sunrise
It’s that time of year that I can take off hiking after work and have plenty of time before it gets dark with the sun not setting until well after 8:00PM. I don’t so much love the heat of summer but the long days give you opportunity to get things done. So, off I went… Read More Afternoon Scenes from the Wildlife Refuge
It’s December and you know what that means – it is sorta like fall here for a couple of weeks. Anyway, I went to the lake to shoot wildlife but they have had the park open for deer hunting during the week and all the deer were either hiding or in someone’s freezer. So, I… Read More Fall
It was Thanksgiving morning. The expected clouds might be good for a sunrise. All I had to do was wake myself up at about 5:30AM and go out to the wildlife refuge with my camera. No problem, I can usually wake myself up at about this time by force of will. At 6:30AM on our… Read More Five Photos
I didn’t get to do a lot of hiking at Olympic National Park either as I was mainly entertaining the girls. I did however take one day to myself and went hiking and let the girls entertain themselves in Port Angeles. Port Angeles is a very walkable town with a lot of shops and places… Read More Hurricane Ridge
Another sunrise at the wildlife refuge. And another sunrise without much in the way of clouds. It’s a pretty good hike up to this location but it is my favorite location for dawn. Half the time I wake up well before 5:30 AM anyway (thank you recent development of insomnia), so there was not much… Read More Sunrise and Stumps
Lately I have been thinking about making a personal project out of shooting deer at Inks Lake State Park. There are a lot of deer there and I usually see them at dusk when I am hiking back to my truck, but not during the daytime hours. There are also a few deer blinds that… Read More My Deer Friends
A couple of weeks ago I published a blog post about my recent experience becoming a widower. It was the most personal thing I have ever shared publicly. Many people who read it got together and have sent me gifts and I want to tell you all thank you. It is nice to be thought… Read More Thanks and Sunlight
