When I told people I was going to Ohio for a long weekend, a couple of them responded as if I’d said I was going to a party at Harvey Weinstein’s house.
Tag Archives: Trees
Keep Your Snobbery to Yourself, Please
Posted in Travel
Also tagged National Parks, Ohio, Waterfalls
Small Lake, Big City
It’s a new year and I’m all about tying up loose ends. Like some unprocessed photos I made at Lake Murray last year, a small but delightful lake smack in the middle of San Diego.
Posted in Travel
Also tagged Animals, California, Lakes, Nature
Taos in Winter
Sure, tons of snow and single-digit temperatures might make going about your day difficult, but you know what isn’t difficult, oddly enough?
Posted in Home in Taos
Also tagged Nature, New Mexico, Snow, Taos, Winter
Out With the Old
I love this time of year. Long nights, crisp, cold air, lights everywhere – I take this time to reflect on the outgoing year and set intentions for the new year coming in.
Posted in Travel
Also tagged California, New Mexico, Sunset, Winter
When Safety Trumps Desire
Remember how excited I was to go backpacking in Olympic National Park?
Posted in Travel
Also tagged Animals, Mountains, National Parks, Washington
Green Overload in the Hoh Rain Forest
Let’s start by getting all your jokes about the name out right now. I’ll go: If a tree falls in the rain forest, does a ho hear it? Ha ha! Hilarious!
Posted in Travel
Also tagged Forests, National Parks, Washington
Slowing Down at Kalaloch Beach
Sam and I had been on the road a few weeks by the time we found the campground at Kalaloch Beach (“clay-lock”) in Olympic National Park, Washington.
Posted in Travel
Also tagged Beaches, National Parks, Washington
Green and Blue Heaven in the Cascades
My favorite color combination – what, you don’t have one? – is green and blue. I realized this when I looked around my house the other day and saw those colors featured in almost every room.
Posted in Travel
Also tagged Lakes, Mountains, National Parks, Washington
Sequoia National Park
The first chunk of this last Scamp was clouded with smoke from all the wildfires in the West. The worst was at Sequoia National Park.
Posted in Travel
Also tagged California, Forests, National Parks
Into the Mystic
Redwood National Park is in the very northwest corner of California, home to the tallest trees on the planet. And for me, it was a highlight of what turned out to be an almost seven-week Scamp.
Posted in Travel
Also tagged California, Forests, National Parks