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

KEEP TRYING FOR CAPE TRYON

This is our 18th visit to our beloved Prince Edward Island and we are still trying to get the perfect shot of the Cape Tryon Lighthouse. PEI is advertised to have around 50 lighthouses, some no more than metal towers, but are nonetheless figured in the count. There are many, many pretty ones, and three […]

FARM, FOREST, OCEAN

For the past 10 years or so we have come to Prince Edward Island in late August. Sultry hot weather can be interspersed with cool and blustery periods, so we are certain to see the lights of John Deere tractors working late into the night to finish baling straw before the next rainy period. Marcy […]

IT NEVER GETS OLD

    Regular readers of our social media accounts will recognize this image. For the past many years, our trips to Prince Edward Island have pulled us to this location on our first free moment. I have dozens of images of this lighthouse, but it never gets old trying for a sharper version. I suppose […]

Serene Evening Mountain Setting Sun

After seeing another photographer’s beautiful pictures of a Smoky Mountain setting sun. Marcy and I decided to head to the National Park on a recent Sunday (June 24th) to try the shot for ourselves. The weather did not look promising. Thunderstorms had settled down from the northwest, but I figured things would clear by sunset. […]

A short night in Anchorage, Alaska

After a long day of travel to Anchorage, Alaska on July 12th, we were greeted by the setting sun as our plane landed at 11:00 PM.   By the time we retrieved luggage and made it to our hotel, it was right at midnight, but the sunset colors were still vivid and begged for photography.   We […]

Hey Buddy, Why the Long Face

The hope is to see the “Big Five” of Denali National Park Wildlife,  namely grizzly bears, caribou, Dall Sheep, wolves and moose. We achieved that today with just a half-mile to go in our journey as this male moose calf crossed the main highway just ahead of us.   I am thinking this is a face […]

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