The lowest spot in North America is located in Death Valley National Park. Badwater Basin, as this location is known, sits 282 feet below sea level. If you're unable to estimate 282 feet, the Park Service was kind enough to…
Heading out of Beatty, Nevada, State Highway 374 runs southwest towards Death Valley National Park. It runs straight as an arrow for about 9 miles where it begins to wind its way up towards Daylight Pass between the Funeral Mountains…
I like to take walks in Owen Conservation Park. It changes by the season but always has some interesting things to offer. With the sun getting lower in the sky and overnight lows flirting with freezing, another walk was overdue.…
(This post continues the story that began with Riding the rails and Little train on the prairie.) Despite it's reputation for tardiness, Amtrak's Empire Builder rolled into West Glacier station almost exactly on time. After an enjoyable 27 hours on…
Most people could probably identify a monarch butterfly. And, I suspect that most people are aware of the dwindling population of monarchs and of the current efforts to reverse that trend. But, did you know that monarchs are the only…
At the end of last week's post, Riding the rails, I included a picture my wife took of me staring out the window of the Empire Builder, camera in hand, watching the countryside pass by. This week I thought it…
As usual, I tend to slow down a bit in the winter. Maybe I need a trip to some warmer climes! So, after a couple weeks of celebrating the holidays and a couple weeks of loafing, I decided to continue…
If you follow me on Facebook you already know this. I was recently asked to post a nature photo on Facebook every day for a week as part of the #challengeonnaturephotography. It was a challenge because it was difficult to…
Maybe Joyce Kilmer was right. I don't know. My knowledge of poetry is almost nonexistent but I suppose it's possible that none of us will ever see "a poem lovely as a tree." Although it was never a plan of…