Borrego birthday weekend, March 2016
I celebrated my birthday this year with wild animals in the desert. No, not party animals, and no, I don’t mean my » Read more
National Parks
2015 Highlights
One of my favorite shows as a child was the Time Tunnel, in which a pop art striped black and white time » Read more
Indonesia’s Forgotten Islands, November 2015: Part 4 (Banda Sea)
Part 4: Banda Sea Saturday, November 7, 2015 Pulau Bui Despite an exceptionally smooth crossing overnight, staying up late AND a gin » Read more
Forgotten Indonesia: November 2015 (Part 3, Triton Bay)
Saturday, October 31, 2015: Pisang Island, Maluku Earlier in the trip, it seemed not at all certain we would make it here. » Read more
Magnificent Montana: September 2015 (Part 3: Glacier)
Sunday, August 30, 2015 After a wonderful week exploring Wyoming’s Grand Tetons and Yellowstone treasure trove, it was time, Montana-ho!. On a » Read more
Wonderful Wyoming: August 2015 (Part 2: Yellowstone)
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Bears, bison and geysers, oh my! As much as we loved the Tetons, there were geothermal pyrotechnics and » Read more
Wonderful Wyoming: August, 2015 (Part 1: Grand Tetons)
National parks, as crown jewels of a nation’s physical patrimony, are a development of modern times. In exactly one year, on August » Read more
Great North West (Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and Glacier National Park) – Steve Eilenberg
Scuba in Cuba, July 2015: Jardines de la Reina (Part 3)
Saturday, July 18, 2015 Getting to our dive destination was a long wearying travel day, in which we crossed from the north » Read more
Navajo Land: April 2015
Saturday, April 4, 2015 Vacation or bootcamp? Up in the wee hours, throwing layers of clothes on in the dark, grabbing gear-laden » Read more