Wanderings (Hiking)

And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.

- John Muir -

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Rare and Endangered, the California Condors of Pinnacles National Park
May 4, 2025  |  Pinnacles National Park, CA USA

California Condors hold a special allure for me. When I first was getting into natural history and bought my first field guide, The Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife, they immediately piqued my interest...

Endemics of Hispanolia
April 30, 2025  |  Dominican Republic

I confess. I didn't even know the island was called Hispaniola. I was headed to the Dominican Republic for a long weekend and doing a bit of research before had I learned that, yes, the island is called Hispaniola and its comprised of both the Dominican Republic and Haiti...

My Thin Place
January 2024  |  Patagonia, Argentina

Thin Places are locations where the connection between this world and the eternal is well... Thin. It is a place where you realize there is more to life than your brief time on this planet, that there is something beyond, something there, something that is always beyond our perception...

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- Mark Anthony Twain -