Grand Canyon Teaser
I’ve been so busy (and now I’m on the road again) that I haven’t had time to process any of my Grand Canyon photos, but I didn’t want to leave you for too long without at least a bit of Canyon...
View ArticleTaos Ghost Clouds
I know I said I’d be posting more of the Grand Canyon photos soon – and I will, I promise! But there are so many! And I’ve been other places since then that I want to share with you! Whew. Okay....
View ArticleNarrowing Down Such a Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon is a vast, overwhelming place. I took approximately one billion photos when I was camping there in April, and have (obviously, ahem) had a hard time organizing myself to share them with...
View ArticleLos Angeles Bound
Impromptu Scamp Alert! I’m heading to Los Angeles and San Diego and who knows where else, starting with a visit with friends and the opening reception for a show in L.A. this week. This photograph was...
View ArticleGrand Canyon Flora
In the interest of not getting totally behind with posting photos – she says as she hits the road again and can’t do any photo processing – here are a few photos of Grand Canyon’s surprisingly diverse...
View ArticleIt’s Big, It’s Beautiful, and I Almost Missed It
It’s been quite a year. Terminal disease (my immediate family), not terminal but the same disease (me), plus medical procedures galore, funerals, and a breakup. Despite all that, there’ve been many...
View ArticlePilgrimage for the Faithful
New Mexico is nothing if not complicated. Just east of Espanola, a small town south of Taos infamous for its drugs and violence, sits El Santuario de Chimayo, a place of religious pilgrimage and...
View ArticleHiking the Jemez
New Mexico doesn’t have the 14ers that Colorado does, but still, we’ve got some pretty great mountains like the Jemez, which I spent some time in a few months ago. (Jemez is just west of the weird and...
View ArticleYou Say Caldera, I Say Crater
Visiting the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico reminded me of my Ireland trip, where people who know the area assume their directions will be sufficient. They are not. I got there...
View ArticleCapturing the Green in Vail
On this last Scamp through Colorado, I was constantly awed by how green everything was. Green means water, and in Vail, on one hike, it meant a mud bog hidden under a patch of plants that Sam found...
View ArticleSo Okay, Beaches Are Pretty Great
Despite the fact that I grew up on beaches in San Diego, they don’t generally draw me in these days. I’m not that person who, when dreaming of travel, immediately pictures sand and surf. But. When...
View ArticleThe Best Little Truck Stop In Arizona
When I tell people I often stay overnight in the parking lots of truck stops, they either look appalled or concerned. I’ve stayed in a couple that seemed sketchy (meaning truckers watching me through...
View ArticleDouble, Double, Toil and Trouble
I’m on the road and the McDonald’s manager is giving me the evil eye, so I’ll make this fast. (Apparently he thinks my one dollar coffee purchase doesn’t mean I can sit here using their free Wi-Fi...
View ArticleFire, Then Rain
I’m posting about this epic Scamp all out of order, so forgive me. I seem to be randomly inspired these days, but maybe a month on the road will do that to you. I’ve gone from all fire and smoke all...
View ArticleHighway One
I’ve driven a lot of roads in the U.S., and one of the very best is Highway One on the California coast. Or, as it’s familiarly known, The One. Which implies a whole lot more than asphalt, doesn’t it?...
View ArticleSummer Snow at Mt. Rainier
It was a first: I visited a National Park and didn’t get one photograph of what I was there to see. I’ve talked a little about what a strange Scamp this has been, with the entire West seemingly on fire...
View ArticleInto 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. I saw a...
View ArticleCape Flattery
Cape Flattery in Washington state is not, in fact, a place to go when you’re feeling insecure and need some praise. It is the northwestern-most point in the lower 48, and also? It’s absolutely...
View ArticleSequoia 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. I had planned to stay a few days to really take in the beauty of...
View ArticleThe Deepest Lake in the U.S., or How I Was Converted
I don’t usually get too excited about lakes. I’m more of a rivers and oceans girl because lakes are too static, too passive for my taste, pretty but not worth shouting about. But then I went to Crater...
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