Weekend in Lyle

I know I am spoiled that I have the option to get out of town when others don’t. I am grateful.

Delaware and Chesapeake Bay

Sorry for bombarding you with sunset photos, but it was a spectacular sunset.

Wadi Rum

I was especially looking forward to our time in this desert, and pleased that Nashat had arranged for us to stay two nights. I woke up very early and refreshed this morning, and went out into the desert with my camera in time to take sunrise photos. It was not an original thought, and several other […]

Aircraft, ice cream, forests, ocean

It was time to head down the coast. Will had seen a lot of the area where I live, but I wanted to show him the unique coastlines we have on the Pacific that are unlike Atlantic coastlines. I also wanted to introduce him to timberland. I grew up here in a U.S. Forest Service […]

Sachuest Point and Newport

For my birthday this year (January 9), I took a cold & windy walk along the Atlantic seashore at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge. The visitor’s center was closed because the government is shut down. No comment. My five days in Rhode Island were to see my friend Will, who was my guide and chauffeur. […]