Categories Adventure Travel Dog-Friendly Domestic Hiking Mountain goats on the McCullough Gulch Trail hike in Colorado Posted on Posted onSeptember 12, 2023October 24, 2024By Heather Something always stands between me and the goats. I haul all my stupid, heavy photography gear on my back for miles into thinning air, hoping … Continue ReadingMountain goats on the McCullough Gulch Trail hike in Colorado
Categories Dog-Friendly Domestic Paradise Valley, Montana: A Cabin at the Foot of Emigrant Peak Posted on Posted onJune 25, 2022June 25, 2022By Heather This story is continued from Western Kitsch: The Black Hills of South Dakota. After our gripping adventure rerouting several hours out of our way from … Continue ReadingParadise Valley, Montana: A Cabin at the Foot of Emigrant Peak
Categories Domestic Hiking Western Kitsch: The Black Hills, South Dakota Posted on Posted onMay 21, 2022August 25, 2023By Heather We daydreamed about visiting Badlands area for years. We were drawn by the mystique of its wide open spaces, curious about its strange, striated western … Continue ReadingWestern Kitsch: The Black Hills, South Dakota
Categories Domestic Hiking Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge Posted on Posted onMarch 20, 2022September 10, 2023By Heather I have been setting my sights on day trip destinations near Kansas City. I’m seeking places to branch out and shoot landscape and wildlife photography. … Continue ReadingLoess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
Categories Domestic Four Seasons of Loose Park Photography in Kansas City, MO Posted on Posted onFebruary 2, 2022August 25, 2023By Heather One landscape photographer pro-tip I received was to choose a place near your home that you can return to again and again, at all times … Continue ReadingFour Seasons of Loose Park Photography in Kansas City, MO
Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Hiking Hiking Huron Peak 14er in Colorado Posted on Posted onAugust 31, 2021August 8, 2023By Heather Fear has been a consistent companion in my life. At age 10, I negotiated my way out of the deep end of the pool during … Continue ReadingHiking Huron Peak 14er in Colorado
Categories Dog-Friendly Domestic Hiking The 50-Miler That Wasn’t: Indiana’s Knobstone Trail Posted on Posted onJune 26, 2021August 25, 2023By Heather I set two simple outdoor fitness goals this year – hike and summit at least one 14,000-foot peak, and segment hike a 50-miler. I tend … Continue ReadingThe 50-Miler That Wasn’t: Indiana’s Knobstone Trail
Categories Dog-Friendly Domestic White Sands National Park, New Mexico Posted on Posted onApril 20, 2021August 25, 2023By Heather The last time I saw White Sands was more than two decades ago, when it was still a national monument. My younger brother and I … Continue ReadingWhite Sands National Park, New Mexico
Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Hiking Shiras Moose Sighting in Golden Gate Canyon State Park Posted on Posted onNovember 14, 2020August 25, 2023By Heather On the way into Blackhawk, Colorado, where I was staying at a beautiful little cabin in the woods as a home base for my exploration … Continue ReadingShiras Moose Sighting in Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Categories Domestic Hiking How to Spend a Long Weekend in San Diego Posted on Posted onMarch 29, 2018August 25, 2023By Heather I found myself back in San Diego, California for the second spring in a row for a conference. Last year, my sister-in-law and her three … Continue ReadingHow to Spend a Long Weekend in San Diego
Categories Dog-Friendly Domestic Dog-Friendly Minneapolis Road Trip! Posted on Posted onSeptember 5, 2017November 20, 2021By Heather Part of my beagle’s bucket list was to take a short road trip. We chose Minneapolis because it is a short enough drive (about 6.5 … Continue ReadingDog-Friendly Minneapolis Road Trip!
Categories Dog-Friendly 19 Unforgettable Dog Bucket List Ideas From Ford & Otto Posted on Posted onSeptember 2, 2017January 6, 2018By Heather Ford’s Story My 12-year-old beagle, Ford, has malignant canine lymphoma. Sitting in my car in my driveway after hanging up with the veterinarian, I wept. Ford … Continue Reading19 Unforgettable Dog Bucket List Ideas From Ford & Otto