The next leg of my spring hiking trip had me at Saguaro National Park near Tucson Arizona. Saguaro National Park is divided into two units, the East and the West with the city of Tucson in between. Both units of the park boast miles of hiking trails through mountains and cactus forests so I was… Read More Saguaro National Park – East
After spending the morning at White Sands, I wanted to do some trail hiking. Not far from the national park is a recreation area called Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument near Las Cruces. The Organ mountains were apparently named such long ago due to the peaks resemblance to organ pipes. The area was proclaimed a… Read More Day Hike at Organ Mountains
I decided to arrange a spring hiking trip to some desert locations for mid-March. I targeted this time because it probably wouldn’t be brutally cold in early spring nor would it yet be very hot. I also wanted there to be a chance of wildflower blooms in the deserts. My trip started with White Sands… Read More White Sands
I went to hang out on the beach during spring break. I wasn’t there to shoot photos but I brought a camera just in case. March is a little early in the year to go to the beach, but on the coast of Texas spring comes early. The first day I was there it was… Read More The Beach
As I mentioned in the previous post, Big Bend Ranch State Park is the largest state park in Texas and while some of it is accessible from the scenic state highway that runs along the Rio Grande, much of the park is a bit harder to get to. I had previously been to the trails… Read More From Overlook to Overlook
I have always wanted to go camping and hiking in the interior of Big Bend Ranch State Park in west Texas. Big Bend Ranch is the largest state park in Texas, and sits to the west of Big Bend National Park. The very southern part of the park is accessible via scenic SH 170 which… Read More A Secluded Campsite in the Desert
After visiting Garner State Park in the rain, the next day I went out to Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site. Seminole Canyon is on the Rio Grande and is another Texas state park I had never visited; Texas has soooo many state parks. I love the Rio Grande area for hiking and photography,… Read More Hiking Along the Rio Grande
As I mentioned previously, I took some time off to go hiking at some state parks in south Texas. I did this in November for the milder weather as some of these parks are too brutal for me in the summer months. I had visions of beautiful, mild partly cloudy days hiking along the ridges… Read More A Rainy Climb at Garner State Park
It was my last afternoon in Yellowknife and it was cloudy, misty, and wet outside. I was thinking: “When I am ever going to be Yellowknife again? I need to get out and do something.” I found the Prelude Lake Natural Trail on the map and it was not too far away, promised a nice… Read More Slippery Hike at Prelude Lake
As you might have read in my previous blog post, I went on a trip with my daughter to see the northern lights near Yellowknife Canada. I booked a 4 night stay in Yellowknife that would give us the opportunity to see the aurora on Sunday night through Wednesday night as I had no idea… Read More Aurora
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