This post describes what it was like to take a “Photography Tour” of Lower Antelope Canyon back in 2015. Unfortunately, in the years that have passed since then, quite a lot has changed. Today, both Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon are all but overwhelmed...
A slot canyon is a long, narrow gorge enclosed by steep rock walls, much deeper than it is wide. In the resplendent array of nature’s most brilliant creations, they rank among the most beautiful, as well as the least common. Their formation requires a unique...
VERMONT ROAD TRIP: PART 2: Route 100: A leaf Peepers Paradise Woodford, Vermont town hall Barry told us to stick to Vermont Route 100 as we made our way north through the state, and that was excellent advice. Starting from Bennington, we followed VT 9, the Molly Stark...
In my experience, spring is the best time for road trips, but autumn runs a very close second, and the best place to take an autumn road trip just has to be New England. There are mountains and valleys ablaze with reds, golds and yellows as the vast hardwood forests...
Allegheny Reservoir, near Warren, Pennsylvania Erie, Pennsylvania is one of those rust belt cities. Like Detroit, and Cleveland, and a host of other once great centers of industry, Erie suffered the loss of its economic base when globalization and automation rendered...
Day eight, the last in an amazing series, among the most supremely exciting weeks of my entire life. We were up at dawn and broke camp very quickly, skipping our usual leisurely breakfast in favor of a quick snack. We still had thirty more miles of river, which we...
Day Seven! COFFEE! And another beautiful morning in the Grand Canyon. Our camp site was a narrow, rock-strewn beach that was in deep shadow when we arrived the previous evening, and it was in deep shadow still, so the air was chilly, relatively speaking, and our...
Day 6! At this point it was beginning to feel like we’d spent a year on the river. The call to “COFFEE!” rang out loud and clear, bringing the party back to life as we all stirred from our cots. The beach where we’d set up camp was still in deep shadow, but the sky...
After breaking camp and setting out on the river, we immediately hit Tapeats Rapid, right at the mouth of Tapeats Creek. Compared to the big ones, this was just a toddler, only 4-5 on the scale, but in the early morning, before the sun shines full on the canyon...
We broke camp perhaps a bit less eagerly on Day Four, most of us thinking about the huge rapids we’d be hitting, pretty much straight out of the gate. Whitewater—that was one of the main attractions on this river trip, but yesterday we’d had our first taste of the...
Tumaco: Snarling Beasts and Raging Demons
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