The Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Denali traverses many scenic vistas. Around each bend another picture emerges. The vastness of the territory is sometimes overwhelming but always breathtaking. Hanging out the back of our train car, I kept clicking away. It was cold, windy and sometimes a little bumpy. But it was a very productive…
Whether driving over or sailing under, either way it certainly fits the nickname Mighty Mac! Completed in 1958, the Mackinac Bridge connects Michigan’s lower and upper peninsulas and separates Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. I remember as a kid the first time I was sailing under the bridge. We had been sailing all night from…
Stretching from horizon to horizon, the setting sun paints the sky of the high-desert Colorado Plateau. More than the senses of one person can behold. I wish I could have captured it all, but it suddenly became time to just sit and admire the work of the Great Artist. Rim Trail – Bryce Canyon National…
A half-mile wide and rising several hundred feet above the water, the massive Holgate Glacier reaches the ocean – Kenai Fjords National Park. In a world that moves quickly, sometimes it’s good to remind myself that very great things can travel just inches a day. (Seward, Alaska) ≡Canon R5/RF24-240 198mm f/36 1/125sec iso-250
The sun and mountains begin to emerge late in the afternoon following a day of rain at this overlook of St. Mary Lake near the east end of the Going-to-the-Sun Road – Glacier National Park. I wasn’t sure we would get to see the mountains at all this day, but often after a storm is…
A calm and sunny day along the west coast of Lake Superior, but this famous lighthouse guided mariners through gale and storm from 1910 to 1969 – Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. The melody of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” came to mind as I stood here, knowing that everything was so different the…
“The High One.” Deenaalee, in the language of the native Alaskan Koyukon. At 20,308′ above sea level, a look at the highest point in North America as seen from the Savage Alpine Trail, nearly 60 miles distant. Since only 30% of the visitors to this area get to see the mountain because of clouds and…
A frozen Lake Louise with the Fairmont Chateau in the foreground. The glaciers have receded significantly over the past 50 years, yet the surrounding snowy Canadian Rockies towering over the scene make this truly a winter wonderland within Banff National Park. It was a snowy day when I took this shot from the Lake Louise…
Usually associated with ocean coastlines, the American White Pelican is a frequent spring visitor to the Midwest, here about to land on Lake Wisconsin. Once very rare to spot, there are now reports of breeding colonies in Wisconsin. I think it looks like these guys have an attitude like, “Coming in…you better get out of…