The Yosemite. How can I do justice to such a fabled place? John Muir whooped and danced with a wild burst of ecstasy the first time he...

We crossed the border from Sequoia National Park into Kings Canyon with little ado. General Grant and the giants surrounding him were...

"The Big Tree (Sequoia gigantea) is Nature's forest masterpiece, and, so far as I know, the greatest of living things.” - John Muir, 1901...

As we were leaving Las Vegas a cold front came through and it was suddenly 60 degrees out and very windy. We were glad that we had the...

“I am a dolphin," Vitali lamented, "If you leave them out of water for too long they die.” He was becoming increasingly tired of all the...

We arrived at our campground, Jumbo Rocks, in the afternoon, and were surprised to see that our campsite had no direct access from the...

Vitali and I have been going through exercises figuring out what our interests are, so that Vitali can make some new choices moving...

This will be a short post -- but thought the beauty of White Sands National Park should stand on it's own. We stayed the night before...

I never expected to visit Texas again, after living there for three years and then fleeing as soon as I was able. But, here we were,...