After a cold and windy sunrise at Torres del Paine, we went looking for pumas. Pumas were once a bit rare in this area after being hunted rather ruthlessly by ranchers. But as the park was formed and tourism dollars were discovered, people began being a lot more accommodating of the pumas. With their only… Read More The Towers of the Blue Mountains
After seeing the Perito Moreno glacier, the next part of my Patagonia journey was to get from El Calafate, Argentina to Parque Nacional Torres del Paine in Chile. These two places aren’t terribly far away from each other on the map, but traveling by road, you have to go far out of the way to… Read More The Road to Torres del Paine
Being at a time in my life in between raising young children and retirement age, I feel like I have the opportunity to do a few things that I have always wanted to do. Combining my love of landscape photography and my desire to travel certain places, I spent about a year planning a trip.… Read More I’ve Been on an Adventure
The Chimneys in Big Bend National Park are an erosion carved outcropping of rocks in the middle of desert flatlands. There is a hiking trail that leads to the Chimneys from two different trailheads. The most popular trailhead is on the paved scenic drive in the park and the hike to the Chimneys is a… Read More The Chimneys
The problem with sunrises at Big Bend is that there are rarely clouds in the sky so all of my sunrise photos have been clear sky with hopes of some color on the horizon provided by the constant dust layer in the atmosphere. And even with the lack of clouds, I thought that I could… Read More Mules Ears
One of the more popular trails at Big Bend National Park is the Lost Mine Trail. This is because of the many beautiful overlooks along the trail and it’s proximity to the Chisos Basin camping and lodge area. In fact, one of the most challenging aspects of hiking this trail is finding a space in… Read More The Lost Mine Trail
On Monday morning I awoke in my frozen tent about half an hour before sunrise. I climbed out from under my pile of blankets, put on my coat, gloves, hat, boots; grabbed my camera backpack and headed up the South Prong Trail. I wasn’t sure what I was going to find, there were no clouds… Read More Hiking with Bison
As I mentioned in my previous post, on my last morning at Shenandoah I got up and checked out of the lodge early so that I could be somewhere for sunrise with time to take photos before I had to drive to the airport. My flight was at 1:30PM so I had plenty of time… Read More Sunrise Above the Clouds
As mentioned in my previous post, I recently went on a trip to Shenandoah National Park for hiking and some fall color. On the Sunday of my trip, I planned hikes to go see some waterfalls. There are trails around the Big Meadows area that lead to waterfalls, so I planned to start here. My… Read More Hikes to Waterfalls
I went to Shenandoah National Park. I planned this for late October to coincide with the leaves turning to autumn colors as this is a sight that I do not see often living in central Texas. The park is in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and has hundreds of miles of hiking trails, including the… Read More Shenandoah
