Categories Abroad Adventure Travel Domestic Essays Hiking Outdoor Photography My top 24 photographs of 2024. Posted on Posted onDecember 31, 2024March 9, 2025By Heather In 2024, I took more than 6,000 photographs in 8 countries in all 4 hemispheres. From over 6,000 images, I’ve curated 24 favorites—just 0.004%—to share with you. … Read More >My top 24 photographs of 2024.
Categories Abroad Adventure Travel Hiking Experience Wonders of Wildlife and the Ancient Maya in Yucatán, Mexico Posted on Posted onFebruary 19, 2024March 19, 2025By Heather https://kctrvlr.com/abroad/quintana-roo-yucatan-ancient-mayan-ruins-jungle-wildlife/ … Read More >Experience Wonders of Wildlife and the Ancient Maya in Yucatán, Mexico
Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Hiking Outdoor Photography Photography from O’ahu, Hawaii in September Posted on Posted onDecember 23, 2023January 28, 2025By Heather Family and work travel can be unproductive for many photographers. Fast-paced itineraries and going with … Continue ReadingPhotography from O’ahu, Hawaii in September
Categories Domestic Morning views in Gulf Shores, Alabama Posted on Posted onSeptember 17, 2023December 23, 2023By Heather Admittedly, I underestimated coastal Alabama as an outdoor travel destination. But when the Outdoor Writers … Continue ReadingMorning views in Gulf Shores, Alabama
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 … Continue ReadingMountain goats on the McCullough Gulch Trail hike in Colorado
Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Essays Hiking River reconnection: backpacking the North Fork Skokomish River Trail in Olympic National Park Posted on Posted onAugust 23, 2023March 9, 2025By Heather Why would any sane, rational human being leave the comfort of their home with air … Continue ReadingRiver reconnection: backpacking the North Fork Skokomish River Trail in Olympic National Park
Categories Domestic SkÃ¥ne, Sweden is for the birds. Posted on Posted onJune 28, 2023November 12, 2024By Heather Tap photos to view full-size. Photos best viewed full-size on desktop computers. I recently traveled … Continue ReadingSkÃ¥ne, Sweden is for the birds.
Categories Domestic Travel Tips Voyageurs National Park in Northern Minnesota Posted on Posted onAugust 8, 2022June 9, 2024By Heather It appears that 2022 is the year I visit national parks experiencing extraordinary flooding events. … Continue ReadingVoyageurs National Park in Northern Minnesota
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 … Continue ReadingParadise Valley, Montana: A Cabin at the Foot of Emigrant Peak
Categories Domestic 1% of 1% of Yellowstone National Park Posted on Posted onMay 29, 2022January 28, 2025By Heather June 15, 2022 – Yellowstone National Park Update: I published this story just two weeks … Continue Reading1% of 1% of Yellowstone National Park
Categories Domestic Hiking Western Kitsch: The Black Hills, South Dakota Posted on Posted onMay 21, 2022March 15, 2025By Heather We daydreamed about visiting Badlands area for years. We were drawn by the mystique of … 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 … Continue ReadingLoess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
Categories Domestic 50 Miles on the Flint Hills Nature Trail Posted on Posted onNovember 22, 2021August 25, 2023By Heather My two fitness goals this year were to summit another 14,000-foot peak and do a … Continue Reading50 Miles on the Flint Hills Nature Trail
Categories Domestic Hiking Photography from Snoqualmie Falls, Washington Posted on Posted onNovember 20, 2021August 25, 2023By Heather The Pacific Northwest continues to be one of my favorite parts of the country. On … Continue ReadingPhotography from Snoqualmie Falls, Washington
Categories Domestic Short Stops Sunrise at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland Posted on Posted onJuly 24, 2021May 26, 2024By Heather I recently had the opportunity to return to Annapolis, Maryland to visit family, and we … Continue ReadingSunrise at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland
Categories Domestic Hiking The Sonoran Desert & Saguaro National Park, Arizona Posted on Posted onMay 13, 2021August 25, 2023By Heather The types of cactus and landscape change as we approach Arizona from New Mexico. The … Continue ReadingThe Sonoran Desert & Saguaro National Park, Arizona
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 … Continue ReadingWhite Sands National Park, New Mexico
