February 2020 As I walked the empty streets of Bergamo’s medieval Città Alta (Upper City) in early morning hours of late-February, just as the caronavirus was spreading its evil way […]
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Photographing Backyard Songbirds from Photo Blind
I have been having fun this winter shooting backyard songbirds from my new photo blind. The pop-up photo blind sets up in less than 2 minutes and allows me to […]
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Frosty Morning in Snohomish River Estuary
It was a frosty early morning of bird watching on Spencer Island in the Snohomish River Estuary. An extremely high tide (12.0 feet) flooded through breaches in the dikes and […]
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Skyline Divide Trail – Washington North Cascades [Video]
If you want to do some hiking in Washington State’s North Cascade mountains, consider the Skyline Divide trail. This classic ridge hike is accessed from a 4400 foot altitude trailhead. […]
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Venice Grand Canal
A few shots of Venice’s Grand Canal (Canal Grande or Canal Grando), Venezia’s primary transportation corridor, from my recent trip to photograph the Venice Carnival. All photographs made with a […]
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Venice Carnival
He struts his way across Piazza San Marco, sauntering painfully slow through a crowd of thousands of photo-snapping carnival goers. Step … pose for some photos … step … pose […]
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Powell Forest Canoe Route [Video]
Join us on a 6-day family canoe camping trip on the Powell Forest Canoe Route, on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Our journey covers 32.2 km of paddling […]
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Mountain Heather, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington Cascades
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.”— Edward Abbey
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Viking Ship Vallhalla, Petersburg, Alaska
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”— William Arthur Ward
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Seaplane Hanger, Petersburg, Alaska
“What if i fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?”— Erin Hanson
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Mountain Ridges, Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska
“In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.”— Robert Green Ingersoll
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Camping on Sermilik Fjord, East Greenland
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”— Cesare Pavese
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Liberty Bell Mountain, Washington Pass, Washington
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”— Thomas Jefferson
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Wasenegg Ridge, Swiss Alps
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”— John Muir
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Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington State
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”— Abraham Lincoln
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Western Red Cedar, Cascade Mountains, Washington State
“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something – that quality of air, that emanation from […]
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Seal Launching into the Kananaskis River, Alberta, Canada
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s fatal.”— Paolo Coelho
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Snowshoeing in the North Cascades, Washington
“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold.”— Aristotle
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