October 25th, 2020 What a trip! If you’ve been following for the past few weeks, you know that J and I just returned from a spectacular tour of the southwest United States. We started in Death Valley, moved on to the Grand Canyon where we hiked to the bottom and back up in a day, and followed that with stops
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October 21st, 2020 Our southwest U.S. road trip has reached its end. We arrived home safely this afternoon, unloaded the car and reflected on everything we’ve seen and done in the past two weeks. It has been an incredibly memorable time on the road and wonderful way to celebrate a milestone birthday. Here’s last night’s sunset as we traveled through
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October 18th, 2020 As I said in my Instagram post today, we’ve traded in the tent and upgraded the campfire. This is the last major stop on my birthday road trip around the southwest U.S. Tonight we saw meandering deer and a beautiful sunset just beyond the balcony. Tomorrow we head to Teton National Park, in search of wildlife. Cross
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October 16th, 2020 Yesterday after our hike into the slot canyons, we departed at 5:00 p.m. and drove north from Grand Staircase-Escalante on Utah’s Highway 12. We were in search of camping, racing against the light as we found ourselves amid yet another region of spectacular vistas. The highway climbs through a magnificent stone valley with a river running through
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October 13th, 2020 Two stops on today’s leg of the journey: Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park and Zion National Park. The light was bright and the sand was fine at the dunes — finer than granulated sugar; the kind of sand you see in an hourglass; a light tint of coral pink. This state park is an anomaly hidden
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Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying at home. July 6th, 2020 After yesterday’s tour of Havana, we’re headed all the way south to Santiago de Cuba. Today we’ll go by magic carpet, but my
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The lore of Bodie has intrigued me (and J) for years, especially as we’ve explored the Eastern Sierra together since the year 2000. On numerous trips up and down Highway 395, we’ve wanted to turn east and visit this mysterious little town but we’ve never made the time. Finally, on a spring afternoon in May 2019, we’re nearing the end
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We arrived in Nizwa last night after a long day exploring Jebel Shams and the aged village of Misfat Al Abriyeen. Today is our last full day in Oman. We start early, meandering the narrow streets surrounding downtown Nizwa. Crumbling stone walls and newly constructed homes co-exist amidst an unlikely landscape of palm trees. As we’ve seen over the past
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