Travel Notes • Photo Stories • Reflections
Our Journal
This journal is our companion to the journey — a place for travel stories, photographs, backstories, practical discoveries, and reflections from along the way. Some entries begin with a place on the map; others begin with a photograph, a memory, a question, or the anticipation of where the road might lead next.
We write about Tanzania, the American West, Europe, the Smokies, photography, and the moments before and after travel that often stay with us as much as the journey itself.
Travel stories, photographs, backstories, and reflections from along the way — from Tanzania to the American West, Europe, the Smokies, and the moments that linger after the journey.
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BONEYARD BEACH REVISITED
A recent review of my journal led me to several draft entries, ones where I started a post, and then wandered off for one reason
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Day Trip to Capitol Reef
It was the last day of our southwestern US photoshoot, and the visit to Capitol Reef National Park checked off the last of Utah’s “Big Five” national parks. I confess that until I went to AAA to get maps and information, I didn’t even know Utah had a Big Five
A 190-mile Vermilion Cliffs Loop
This would be quite a road trip, but our sources said that visiting the Vermilion Cliffs would be worth it. Before we begin a description of our journey, though, I beg your indulgence to poke around the word “vermilion”. The linguistic detour started with a “Hey Marcy, is ‘Vermilion’, one
Alone Together at a Famous Landscape
Just musing here, but this blog post is meant to be a gentle affirmation favoring proper touristing. So far on this trip, it’s been nice people all the way down. Maybe it is that the high season of bad behavior has not fully arrived, and also, Marcy and I tend
