Categories Domestic Voyageurs National Park in Northern Minnesota Posted on Posted onAugust 8, 2022August 10, 2022By Heather It appears that 2022 is the year I visit national parks experiencing extraordinary flooding events. In the spring, massive flooding washed out vast parts of … 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 gripping adventure rerouting several hours out of our way from … 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, 2022June 15, 2022By Heather June 15, 2022 – Yellowstone National Park Update: I published this story just two weeks before record-breaking floods occurred at Yellowstone National Park, causing widespread … Continue Reading1% of 1% of Yellowstone National Park
Categories Domestic Hiking Western Kitsch: The Black Hills, South Dakota Posted on Posted onMay 21, 2022May 30, 2022By 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, 2022May 21, 2022By Heather I have been setting my sights on day trip destinations near Kansas City. I’m seeking places to branch out and shoot amateur landscape and wildlife … Continue ReadingLoess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
Categories Domestic 50 Miles on the Flint Hills Nature Trail Posted on Posted onNovember 22, 2021November 22, 2021By Heather My two fitness goals this year were to summit another 14,000-foot peak and do a 50-mile hike in four days. I completed Huron Peak in … Continue Reading50 Miles on the Flint Hills Nature Trail
Categories Domestic Hiking Photography from Snoqualmie Falls, Washington Posted on Posted onNovember 20, 2021November 21, 2021By Heather The Pacific Northwest continues to be one of my favorite parts of the country. On a recent work trip to Seattle, Washington, one of our … Continue ReadingPhotography from Snoqualmie Falls, Washington
Categories Domestic Sunrise at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland Posted on Posted onJuly 24, 2021July 24, 2021By Heather I recently had the opportunity to return to Annapolis, Maryland to visit family, and we awoke early to visit the United States Naval Academy yard … 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, 2021April 29, 2022By Heather The types of cactus and landscape change as we approach Arizona from New Mexico. The saguaros sparse at first, appearing only occasionally among other cactus … Continue ReadingThe Sonoran Desert & Saguaro National Park, Arizona
Categories Dog-Friendly Domestic White Sands National Park, New Mexico Posted on Posted onApril 20, 2021May 14, 2021By 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