Travel photos
Sedona - Hedgehogs in bloom
One nice thing about visiting the desert in spring, is the flowers that add splashes of color. It's amazing how even the forbidding cacti, covered in treacherous thorns, have these beautiful blooms. These little hedgehogs are just a few inches tall, and the blossoms are nearly as big as the plants themselves... Read article...
Costa Rica - Caiman eyes at Tortuguero
Caimans are smaller relatives of crocodiles, and often they're hard to spot. They can be sitting perfectly still in the water, almost submerged except for their eyes. Look back under the trees, or hidden among the floating vegetation... Read article...
Belize: Cave where the kids used to play
We were up in the mountains of the Pine Ridge area of Belize. After driving for miles along a very bumpy dirt road, we reached an abandoned little town. The small houses were still standing, but clearly uninhabited for quite a long time... Read article...
Anegada - The drowned island
Anegada is the most remote of the British Virgin Islands. You reach it after a nice long sail, then thank your stars that you've got a competent and experienced captain steering you through the reefs to a safe anchorage. And then you go ashore to investigate & celebrate! It can be tricky to get... Read article...
Tumacacori - Ruins and dancing
Last weekend, I was at a little place in southern Arizona called Tumacacori - the site of a Spanish mission, founded by Jesuit missionaries back in 1691. Over the centuries, this place has seen the O'Odham and the Jesuits, the Franciscans and the Apaches, the Spanish, the Mexicans, and the Americans... Read article...
So there we were.. power lounging at White Bay
Just got some updates from Yacht Promenade in the British Virgin Islands, and it looks like the Adventurous Wenches aboard right now are having a fine time. They broke out the power lounger at White Bay, one of the loveliest spots... Read article...
Tybee turtles and terrapins
Now this is a road sign you don't see every day! How many places can claim to have a turtle crossing? Tybee Island is just a short distance from Savannah, Georgia, and it's known as "Savannah's beach". There's a long sandy beach, a picturesque lighthouse, and... turtles! ... Read article...
View from the boulder baths
As you approach The Baths (near the tip of Virgin Gorda, in the BVI), from the water, it looks very weird. There are enormous boulders in a jumble, with some stacked on top of others, and some heading down into the sea. They don't look like they belong here, on this beautiful sandy beach... Read article...
So there we were... all harnessed up
On our Costa Rica trips, many people's favorite part is the zip line adventure. It's very cool! You get fitted out in a climbing harness, and given a little instruction on what to do. Then you climb up to the highest of a series of platforms... Read article...
Maltese Falcon - with and without the fire
I blogged earlier about sailing on San Francisco Bay, a favorite activity in a favorite place. It was beautiful when we anchored for lunch in a cove at Angel Island. But the very next day there was a massive fire on the island ... Read article...
