Yellowstone National Park

A Day with the Bighorns I hiked the footbridge that crosses the Gardiner River just over the Yellowstone Park – Montana border. A nice blue sky with swirling cirrus clouds made it one of those special early summer days. It was still early and I could smell a slight sulphur scent in the crisp cool [...]

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Lake Manyara

              Kirurumu Tented Lodge       Perched high on the edge of Gregory Rift Escarpment overlooking forested plains and Lake Manyara is the tented lodge called Kirurumu.  In the distance you can see Mount Losimongori and its volcanic mass. www.kirurumu.com, the setting is striking. The surroundings are very [...]

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Absaorka – Beartooth Wilderness

High Rise in Montana   It is lush. It is barren. It is volcanic and it is granite. With more than 700 miles of fantastic hiking trails available the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness is a backpackers’ paradise. A Native American name from the Crow Indians the Absaroka mountain range is characterized by heavily forested valleys and [...]

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Tree Climbing Lions

Tarangire, Touching Spirits   The first thing that struck me about Tarangire, in Tanzania, was that the landscape was studded with Baobab trees. They were very unmistakable in identity. Large thick trunks and branches that appeared to be uprooted from the ground, turned upside down and stuck back into the soil. To me they were [...]

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Lewis and Clark Caverns, Montana

You never know where photo assignments will take you. Another photo mission only this time it was underground. Lewis and Clark Caverns are located just 19 miles west, from Three Forks, Montana on MT Highway 2. It is Montana’s first state park and is one of the largest limestone caverns in the Northwest. The assignment [...]

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