Travel: National Parks

Great Sand Dunes National Park

photo: Great Sand Dunes

Yosemite: Upper Yosemite Falls Hike

Hike. May 24, 2010. Lesson learned. The view from the top of a falls is never as spectacular as the view from the bottom.

Yosemite: Mariposa Grove

photo: Mariposa Grove

Yosemite: Mist and John Muir Trails

What a difference the season makes.

Yosemite: Half Dome Hike

The journey, not the destination.

Death Valley

Through the valley of death.

Big Bend: Lost Mines Trail

Out of the fog into another world.

Big Bend: Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive

Driving and walking in the shadow of Mt. Doom.

Big Bend: The Window

Peering through nature’s window: a drive…a hike…a beer.