Travel

The cherry blossoms of Japan are legendary. Sure, the food is delicious, and the sake is to be cherished, but the cherry blossoms are beauty beyond words. Stunning white and pink blossoms begin to show in Spring. Southern Japan blooms first in early March, then Tokyo flowers mid-March through early April, and finally, the harbinger of spring...

The alarm went off sharply at 06:00, waking me from a wonderful dream. It was a dream where I traveled around in a camper van I built while photographing some of America’s most impressive critters. Just kidding, it was no dream at all! My alarm woke me right into that great life I was living, and I...

My incessant pestering of my friends, Ashley and Jason, had finally paid off and we were on our way to Hurricane Ridge to play in the snow. They had been avoiding this journey for a month. Often their reasons were things like, “it’s cold,” and, “there’s snow.” But my persistence really wore them down, and my friends decided to...

After spending many days far off the beaten path on forest service roads, my arrival to Gardiner Montana was a much-anticipated event. It was going to have all the amenities! A paved road, a restaurant, even a bathroom that wasn’t a tree. I was excited for the comforts but wasn’t exactly wielding high hopes for great wildlife...

Huge peaks in the distance, massive animals proudly strutting the fields, and sheep with horns so big the obvious fact must be mentioned in their name. The visual impact is so great, you might miss the tiniest critters whose diminutive stature makes them a challenge to spot. Their desire to go unnoticed generally leads to most of...

Low in the mountain valley, the river slowly winds its way through the pass, gradually cutting its own trail.  In this section of the river, there seemed a comical amount of cutbacks and directional changes of the water’s passage.  I have never seen anything of the sort.  So plentiful were the curves and turns, it seemed...