Stories, photographs, travel notes, and safari reflections from Doug & Marcy

Fall 2020 Canvases Available

As we close out our fall season at Marcy’s Photo Journey, we offer the images below in framed canvas format at a 20% discount from the list price under each image.   Discounts apply through November. For more details, contact Marcy on her Facebook page found at  @marcys.photo.journey.   We ship to addresses within the continental United […]

THE NEW COZY

The Majestic B&B in Leadville, Colorado has now taken first place as the “Most Cozy” stay we have ever experienced. I won’t catalog the other great experiences we’ve had, but this one took me quite by surprise. I confess that I associated the name “Leadville” with a place that was gray, gritty and unattractive, but […]

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG …

  In anticipation of this trip, I suffered high anxiety about driving around the high mountains of Colorado in the dead of winter, but after watching the weather report, I breathed a sigh of relief and figured we had escaped any difficulties. — But the weather report was wrong. Our three-part trip featured the Rocky […]

ROLLING UP THE SIDEWALKS

We noticed the nice winter lighting when we arrived in Estes Park and determined to get out one evening or early morning to try and get some nightlight images.  However, it was either too cold, too snowy or we were just too tired to get out. I figured it was now or never, and aside […]

GLORIOUS WINTER DAY IN THE ROCKIES

Our introduction to Rocky Mountain National Park was one of a snowstorm. When we got here on Friday, the gates to the park were open, so we figured it was safe enough to head up the mountain. However, the ranger we spoke with the next day seemed a bit surprised that we were driving around […]

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