Cuban Crisis: Reflections (Epilogue); July 2015
Cuba continues to reverberate in our thoughts, months after returning to our comfortable cocoon. The embassy reopened while we were underwater, and » Read more
Nature
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
Farallons Fiasco
Years ago, I was tightly circled in the water by a great white shark. Repeatedly. I have this on good authority, as » Read more
Lost! Flagstaff, May 2015
“I know a shortcut.” I WAS suspicious of this pronouncement, but should have been more. I’d only ridden these trails once before, » 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
Amazing Antarctica: February 2015
Friday, January 30-Sunday, February 1, 2015 What do love and romance have to do with Antarctica? Actually, mating and fidelity could be » Read more
Postcards from Patagonia: February 2015
Patagonia. Even the name sounds remote. Iconic images of Torres del Paine by Galen Rowell, a larger than life nature photographer we » Read more
Patagonia – Torres del Paine
We met up with our naturalist/photoguide Claudio Vidal at our hotel in Punta Arenas in Chile. A road sign nearby said “Fin » Read more
London Calling: November 2014 (Part 2)
Saturday, November 7, 2014 Five days worth of a whirlwind of activities allowed us to completely recover from jetlag and see most » Read more