When you start a Canadian Road Trip in Edmonton, your Rocky Mountain adventure will almost undoubtedly begin in Jasper National Park, some 200 miles west on AB-16, the Yellowhead Highway. Beginning from Calgary, or points further east, your fun will more likely start...
Traveling west from Calgary on the Trans Canada Highway, you’ll drive straight through the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage site known as the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, a contiguous assemblage of no less than four of Canada’s most spectacular National...
Beginning from Calgary, the town of Banff is less than 80 miles west on the Trans Canada Highway, and Lake Louise, the most famous attraction in Banff National Park, is just 35 miles more, still on the TCH. Banff and Lake Louise get four million visitors in an average...
One of the best places to begin a Canadian road trip is in Calgary, the largest city in the Province of Alberta, and just fifty miles from the front range of the Rockies. If you aren’t planning to use your own vehicle for your adventure, you can easily rent one...
The Trans-Canada Highway, designated Canada Highway 1 in the western provinces, stretches more than 4,800 miles, from Victoria, on Vancouver Island, all the way to St. John’s, on the easternmost tip of Newfoundland. It’s one heck of a road, among the...
I’ve always been a big fan of sunsets. I grew up in the southwest, where we have big skies that are just chock-full of particulates like sand and dust, coupled with auto emissions that pour into the air from the regions sprawling urban centers. Throw in a few...
Despite the fact that the Washington Monument is the oldest, the tallest, and the most obvious of Washington D.C.’s many iconic structures, the Lincoln Memorial will always be the most famous building on the National Mall. It was from the steps of the Lincoln...
Of all the stately monuments in Washington, the Jefferson Memorial has always been my personal favorite. I love the graceful neoclassical design, and the way the clean white marble reflects the light when the sun is low in the sky. The bronze statue of President...
I’ve always enjoyed taking photographs of monumental architecture. Something about the classic lines, the simple elegance, the play of light and shadow on curves and hard angles at different times of day and in different seasons. Most important, to me, at least,...
If I was to ask you to name your top five favorite destinations for viewing fall foliage, good odds that New England would make your list, and possibly New York, as in the Catskills and the Hudson Valley. But what about New Mexico? The Land of Enchantment won’t...
In the Vale of the Stone Monkeys: Peril and Petroglyphs in the Colombian Jungle
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